Minister Mustapha engages Essequibo rice farmers, fisherfolk as government prepares to roll out assistance...

Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha yesterday met with rice farmers and fisherfolk from Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam) to discuss the planned relief initiatives recently announced by...

Kato, Monkey Mountain farmers benefit from $32M in equipment to boost agriculture 

Through the Ministry of Agriculture’s Rural Agriculture Infrastructure Development Project (RAID), farmers from the villages of Kato and Monkey Mountain in Region Eight (Potaro-Siparuni)...

NDIA working to address impact of low levels of rainfalls

Rice farmers on the Essequibo Coast are being advised to be judicious in the use of irrigation water over the next few weeks as...

Pres. Ali outlines massive projects for maximizing food production in hinterland communities

President, Dr Irfaan Ali told recently assured residents across a number of hinterland communities in Deep South and Central Rupununi that his Government will...

Three-Door Fishermen’s Co-op signs major agreement with Berbice Bridge Company for land use at...

By Staff Writer Following a meeting with, President Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali and Agriculture Minister Hon. Zulfikar Mustapha, members of the Three-Door Fishermen’s Co-op Society,...

LETTER: New research reveals APNU+AFC ultimately at fault for crisis in sugar industry

Dear Editor, For more than a decade, many letter writers and the political opposition have blamed the PPP/C Government for the failure of the Skeldon...

Govt. to draft Essequibo farmers in plan to satisfy regional demand for root crops...

Farmers from Essequibo Islands-West Demerara (Region Three) were on Tuesday told of the government’s plans to develop the root crops industry to satisfy demand...

Approx. 6,000 farmers to benefit from US$3M worth of inputs

Some 6,000 farmers from across the coast are set to benefit from US$3 million worth of inputs and technical assistance as part of the...

Region Five being primed to meet seed paddy needs for farmers – Min. Mustapha...

During a meeting with farmers from Burma Housing Scheme and other surrounding areas over the weekend, Agriculture Minister, Zulfikar Mustapha announced that systems are...

GAWU writes to GuySuCo as corporation goes mum on sugar workers’ call for pay...

After some 3,500 sugar workers petitioned President David Granger for pay increases almost three months ago, the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU)...

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