Rice is top performer for Agri sector as sugar and fisheries take a beating
By Staff Writer
Despite incessant rainfall and the unprecedented floods that followed in recent months, the rice industry still emerged as the lead performer for...
Addressing piracy part of Agriculture Ministry’s five-year action plan
The Ministry of Agriculture has secured a five-year management plan which will seek to – amongst other things – address piracy.
The 24-page action plan,...
Emergency intervention enables Govt. to reduce MMA-ADA 2022 subvention by 50%
By Staff Writer
Following a series of interventions to reduce the burdens placed on the backs of farmers by the coalition regime, the PPP/C Administration...
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....
Agri Minister underscores improved drainage prospects for Melanie, other communities along the East Coast
Farmers and residents of Melanie and neighboring communities along the East Coast of Demerara (ECD) have expressed their appreciation for the forthcoming drainage enhancements...
Agri. Ministry signs over $600M in contracts to advance works in sugar, livestock industries
Several agencies which fall under the auspices of the Ministry of Agriculture signed 13 contracts today totaling some $610 million.
Representatives from the Guyana Sugar...
Single mothers attached to Tiger Bay Shadehouse project to receive additional support – Agri....
On Wednesday morning, Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha, along with a team from the Ministry of Agriculture, visited President Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali’s One Guyana...
NAREI collaborates with USAID on climate-smart agriculture
Guyana's National Agricultural Research and Extension Institute (NAREI) is making strides in climate-smart agriculture with support from the United States Agency for International Development...
Probe into “irregularities” at Guyana Marketing Corporation ongoing – Agri. Ministry
Agriculture Minister, Zulfikar Mustapha has initiated an audit and investigation into “certain irregularities and discrepancies” within the Guyana Marketing Corporation within the GMC, the...
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...
