Pres. Ali unveils pragmatic food security plan to CARICOM States; includes US$100M concessional financing
During his contribution on Tuesday at the 33rd Inter-Sessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of CARICOM, currently being held in Belize,...
Gov’t reaps 10 % increase in non-traditional crops-report
The government of Guyana’s strategic investment of $1.4 billion in non-traditional crop cultivation has resulted in a 10% increase in production during the first...
Minister Mustapha hands over agricultural inputs, equipment to Moruca farmers
Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha on Wednesday handed over a range of agricultural inputs and equipment to farmers in the Moruca Sub-District, Region One, as...
Guyana advances climate-resilient innovation to close agricultural productivity gap
Guyana is advancing climate-resilient agriculture, innovation and inclusive policies to close the productivity gap in the region’s agricultural sector.
Minister of Agriculture Zulfikar Mustapha highlighted...
Second crop Sugar production 35% behind schedule – GAWU
The Guyana Agricultural Workers Union (GAWU), has reported that the ongoing 2019 second crop is very much behind the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo)’s production...
NAREI commissions new $38M office to serve farmers in Paramakatoi
By Staff Writer
In a bid to improve its extension services in far-flung areas of the country, the National Agriculture Research and Extension Institute (NAREI),...
Africa and the Americas seal partnership to restore soils
The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) and the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) recently launched the biregional “Living Soils”...
Farm upgrades, Agri. seminars among major interventions planned for lower Pomeroon
Farmers from villages in the lower Pomeroon area in Region Two will soon benefit from a series of projects intended to significantly improve drainage...
Tony Vieira has learnt a bitter lesson about the sugar industry
Dear Editor,
No letter penned by Tony Vieira would be complete without reference to the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo). It is no secret that he...
AFC Govt. will turn cane cutters into farmers of prawns, peppers, pumpkin and plantain-Ramjattan
Alluding that the sugar industry has no future, the Alliance For Change (AFC) has announced plans to chart a new path for the sector...
