NAREI threatens legal action if Plant Protection Act violated
In order to import agricultural commodities and regulated articles, including fresh fruits, vegetables, flowers, plants, plant parts, timber and timber products, specific permits are...
Guyana Timbers Limited agrees to meet with Union after five-year impasse
This morning, the Ministry of Labour (MOL) held yet another meeting with Demerara Timbers Limited (DTL) to resolve the longstanding issue of dialogue between...
Gov’t distributed over $1.1B in support to fisherfolk in 2022
─ $109M in flood relief grants distributed to rice, livestock, cash crop farmers
The Government of Guyana has distributed more than $1.1 billion in grants...
Water management, reducing post-harvest loss high on Guyana’s agriculture development agenda – Min. Mustapha
— says forests are economic assets that provide global climate services
While speaking during a ministerial roundtable on Policy Pathways to Sustainable Agriculture and Forest...
Agri. Ministry hosts extension training exercise for Reg. 3, 4, & 5 officers
Extension officers from Regions Three, Four, and Five are set to undergo a three-day training at the Guyana School of Agriculture’s Mon Repos campus....
Close to $1B in flood relief grants distributed to Region Six farmers
Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha, on Sunday, spearheaded the distribution of the Government’s flood relief cash grants at several locations in East Berbice –...
Crabwood Creek farmers to benefit from shade house project aimed at boosting pepper cultivation
The government has launched a shade house project in Crabwood Creek, Region Six (East Berbice Corentyne) to support farmers in cultivating peppers. This initiative...
Guyana activates World Bank funding to reduce G/Town flooding
Guyana’s Ministry of Agriculture this week signed contracts amounting to approximately US $8.5 million, seeking to reduce the risk of flooding in the low-lying...
CARICOM makes headway with securing sustainable agriculture insurance for vulnerable states
CARICOM Member States, since the establishment of the Ministerial Taskforce (MTF) by President Irfaan Ali, have been working towards the establishment of a sustainable...
Poultry programme launched in Uitvlugt
The first batch of 50 residents from Uitvlugt, along the West Coast of Demerara, will soon begin poultry production to become self-sufficient, following the...
