Region 9 villages to benefit from $70M worth of agriculture projects
Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha along with members of the Hinterland Environmentally Sustainable Agricultural Development (HESAD) Project which falls under the Agriculture Sector Development...
Over $2B expended in Amerindian villages to ensure food security- Agri Minister
Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha was keen to assure today that the PPP/C Government has an unwavering interest in ensuring food security in Amerindian...
Measurable strategy developed for CARICOM’s 25 by 2025 food import initiative
President, Dr Irfaan Ali recently revealed that “tremendous progress” has been made to date in achieving CARICOM’s goal to reduce its food import bill...
Guyana registers positive first quarter performance for 2022- Central Bank
The Guyanese economy registered mostly positive output performance during the first quarter of 2022.
According to Central Bank’s latest statistical bulletin, there continues to be...
CARICOM Heads to meet in Suriname Sunday; food security, governance high on agenda
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM)'s 43rd Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government will be held in Suriname from July 3 to 5,...
Govt. positioning Region 7 farmers to satisfy cassava market in Barbados
Agriculture Minister, Zulfikar Mustapha is setting the stage for Region Seven farmers to satisfy the demand for cassava in Barbados.
Cassava is of particular importance...
G/Town M&CC continues to neglect City’s drainage structure – Minister
Although the government has made several calls to the Georgetown Mayor and City Council (M&CC) to ensure there is effective management of the city’s...
Flood Monitoring Taskforce prepared for weekend of heavy rainfall
Prime Minister, Brigadier (Ret’d), Mark Phillips said officials are working around the clock to ensure no administrative region is neglected during the current rainy...
Minister Mustapha engages Essequibo rice farmers, fisherfolk as government prepares to roll out assistance...
Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha yesterday met with rice farmers and fisherfolk from Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam) to discuss the planned relief initiatives recently announced by...
De-risking regional agricultural sector critical to moving the sector forward – Min. Mustapha
Given the increasing impacts of climate change on the regional agricultural systems sector, Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha recently articulated that financial instruments for de-risking...
