Ministry inks $2.7B contracts to mitigate future flooding, boost food sector
By Staff Writer
To ensure the right infrastructure is in place to mitigate the devastating effects of future flooding on the agriculture sector as well...
Govt. distributes 100 toxic chemicals storage containers to farmers
By Staff Writer
The Ministry of Agriculture’s Pesticides and Toxic Chemicals Control Board (PTCCB) yesterday distributed 100 storage cabinets to farmers across the country. The...
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...
NAREI plugs over $600M in initiatives for developing fruits, other crops countrywide
By Staff Writer
The National Agricultural Research and Extension Institute (NAREI) $602.8 million has so far expended over $600M on initiatives that would support increased...
Govt. secures two more int’l markets for Guyana’s rice
By Staff Writer
Intent on ensuring Guyana’s agriculture sector remains a strong revenue earner, the government has disclosed its success in securing two more international...
Agri Ministry expends $407.2M on development of Livestock industry at the half-year
By Staff Writer
For the first half of 2021, the Agriculture Ministry spent $407.2 million on the development of the Livestock industry with a total...
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...
Granting relief to farmers, sugar workers only empowers PPP support base – Norton
People's National Congress (PNC) Member, Aubrey Norton is of the opinion that granting flood relief to farmers and sugar industry workers only serves to...
Jagdeo details action to address ‘unscrupulous’ actors in rollout of flood relief grant
A mechanism is being put in place at the Ministry of Agriculture to allow, over the next month, for persons who suffered losses during...
Decades of development efforts undermined by pandemic – FAO report
COVID-19 has set back progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), undermining decades of development efforts, according to a new report by the UN Food and Agriculture...
