Minister Bharrat urges farmers to be honest in flood loss claims
Hundreds of farmers at Mortice, Karamat, and surrounding communities in the Mahaicony Creek, Region Five, benefitted from $233 million in the government’s flood relief...
Timehri Prison harvests second batch of Tilapia
Staff and inmates of the Timehri Prison harvested their second batch of Red Tilapia on Monday last.
Officer-in-charge of the location, Assistant Superintendent of Prisons,...
Guyana will save over $150M on crop imports by end of 2025 – Pres....
Guyana will be able to save more than US$150 million in imports for a variety of crops by the end of 2025, due to...
Guyana, Brazil talk closer collaborations to further develop local agriculture sector
Agriculture Minister, Zulfikar Mustapha today met with the Secretary of State for Agriculture, Livestock and Supply of Roraima, Brazil, Mr. Aluizio Nascimento da Silva.
During...
GAWU wants pay increase for sugar workers to be retroactive to January 2019
The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) wants the agreed upon pay increases for sugar workers to be retroactive to January 1, 2019...
GuySuCo only received $10.2B of $30B loan that Coalition arranged – Agri. Minister
The APNU+AFC government, through the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL), undertook a loan of $30B to assist the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo)....
Guyana has seen lower deforestation rates during 2015 – 2018 – Ministry
The Ministry of Natural Resources has revealed statistics which show that during the last 9 years, lowest deforestation rates were recorded during 2015 and...
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 –...
$640M No. 58 farm-to-market road almost complete
─ a boost in agriculture expected
The $640 million all-weather farm-to-market road at No. 58 Village, Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne) is nearing completion.
The new road...
Agri programme, roads, electricity upgrades for Matthew’s Ridge
Residents of Matthew’s Ridge, Region One (Barima-Waini) can expect major developments in their community with the upgrading of 3.8 kilometres of roads and the...
