Guyana to import 50,000 more high-yielding coconuts from Costa Rica
Guyana will soon import another 50,000 high-yielding coconuts from Costa Rica. This was revealed by Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha on Thursday last, during...
Guyanese youths bring the heat with new line of pepper jellies
The Agriculture and Innovation Entrepreneurship Programme (AIEP), an initiative launched in 2022 by President Dr. Irfaan Ali to empower young entrepreneurs, launched the country’s...
Agri. Ministry to commence drainage and irrigation works in Annandale
Agriculture Minister, Zulfikar Mustapha on Thursday assured residents of Annandale, East Coast Demerara (ECD) that drainage and irrigation works would soon be completed to...
GKB begins process to integrate Enmore workers into oil and gas industry
Guysons K+B (GKB) Industries Inc. has started the training needs assessment and administrative process to employ over 40 workers from the Guyana Sugar Corporation...
More than 5,200 former, reemployed sugar workers receive $250k one-off grants
The Government of Guyana (GoG) distributed $250,000 one-off grants to 5,263 severed sugar workers, amounting to over $1.3B, over the last weekend. According to...
Mustapha meets with PSC to discuss possible collaboration to advance Guyana’s agriculture sector
Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha recently met with members of the Private Sector Commission’s (PSC) Agriculture Sub-Committee to discuss how the government and the local...
20,000 acres land for Region Two farmers – President Ali
President, Dr Mohamed Irfaan Ali announced that some 20,000 acres of new farmland on the Essequibo coast, Region Two will become available for small-scale...
Over 100 agro-processors eager to participate in Guyana’s Agri Investment Forum and Expo next...
As the Government of Guyana prepares to host its second Agri-Investment Forum and Expo in a matter of weeks, Agriculture Minister, Zulfikar Mustapha, on...
GuySuCo urges businesses to be wary of “fake packs” of Demerara Gold
The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) is urging businesses to be wary of being duped into purchasing fake packages of Demerara Gold circulating on the...
Meadowbank Wharf to receive further upgrades
Georgetown’s Meadowbank Wharf is poised for additional enhancements, as the Government of Guyana (GoG) intensifies efforts to improve working conditions for local traders. President...
