IUF General Secretary urges unionization of oil and gas workers
Sue Longley, the General Secretary of the International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers' Associations (IUF) has raised concerns...
Poultry farmers to benefit from reduced cost of financing – President Ali announces
Small, medium and large-scale poultry farmers will now benefit from a reduced cost of financing, as government continues to create the enabling environment for...
GuySuCo forges ahead with Second Crop production target despite challenges
Harvesting of sugar cane across the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) intensifies as production pushes to 52,139 MT of sugar for the Second Crop, 2020.
The...
Guyana, CARICOM Fund ink US$18M deal to help 4,300 farmers
The Government of Guyana and the CARICOM (Caribbean Community) Development Fund (CDF) recently signed a US$18 million financing agreement, to kickstart the Agricultural and...
Govt. to commence trial for black pepper, mint and cinnamon at Aroaima Savannah
A trial for the production of black pepper, cinnamon, and mint has begun in the Aroaima Savannah, Region 10.
According to the Department of Public...
GRDB to intensify data collection for damaged grains for second crop
Yesterday, Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha met a team of senior officials from the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) and the Chief Executive Officer...
$600M abattoir completed in Reg. 5
A state-of-the-art abattoir worth $600 million has been completed in Onverwagt, West Coast Berbice, Region Five, marking an important step in modernizing Guyana’s meat...
Guyana, US to explore areas for collaboration in agriculture
Bilateral relations between Guyana and the United States, particularly in the area of agriculture, can see possible future collaboration as the two country looks...
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...
Govt. distributes 100 toxic chemicals storage containers to farmers
By Staff Writer
The Ministry of Agriculture’s Pesticides and Toxic Chemicals Control Board (PTCCB) yesterday distributed 100 storage cabinets to farmers across the country. The...
