GRDB reports hike in paddy prices
As harvesting for the second crop of 2019 gains momentum, paddy prices have increased and farmers are being paid higher prices for paddy sold...
Despite COVID-19 pandemic, Guyana’s rice sector on schedule for commendable growth -United Nations Agri....
Even as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to stifle the growth rates for sectors such as forestry and mining, Guyana’s rice industry seems to remain...
21 Region Six families receive support through steel, cement initiative
Several individuals receive land transports
Hemwant Singh is among the 21 individuals from Region Six who received vouchers under the government’s steel and cement...
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)...
Guyana reaches out to IICA for assistance in getting outstanding rice payments from Panama
Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha says that the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) has been invited to assist Guyana in retrieving the...
Agri. Ministry commissions $15M agro-processing facility for nuts at St. Ignatius
Agriculture Minister, Zulfikar Mustapha, on Saturday, commissioned an agro-processing facility in St. Ignatius, Region Nine (Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo).
The facility which forms part of the...
Govt. invites bids for construction of milk parlours in Regions 4, 5 & 6
The government through the Guyana Livestock Development Authority (GLDA) has opened invitations for bids for the construction of milk parlours in Regions Four, Five...
President sends sugar workers’ pay increase petition to GuySuCo for advice – GAWU GS
Not only has President David Granger acknowledged receipt of a petition signed by almost 3,500 sugar workers calling for increased pay, but he has...
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...
Determined to strengthen the non-oil economy, Govt. holds talks with UAE’s leading smart farming...
Though Guyana is poised to receive trillions of dollars in revenue from 10 ExxonMobil’s projects planned for this decade in the Stabroek Block, the...
