Agriculture
$2.8B for a better Georgetown, major markets and green spaces to be upgradedGeorgetown’s iconic markets, historic buildings and community spaces are set for a major facelift this year, as government moves ahead with a $2.8 billion Georgetown Enhancement Programme. The funding came under close scrutiny on Thursday in the Parliamentary Committee of Supply, where Opposition MP Ganesh Mahipaul and Duarte Hetsberger pressed Minister of Local Government and...
Mustapha grilled on GuySuCo mechanisation, GMC probe as agriculture budget approvedAgriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha on Tuesday faced sustained questioning in the Committee of Supply over the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo’s)...
‘We don’t want to do business with them anymore’ – 30 companies disqualified from agriculture contractsAgriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha told the Committee of Supply on Tuesday that his ministry has moved to blacklist about 30...
Gov’t suspends 3% processing fee on milk, dairy productsThe government has suspended the three per cent processing fee on the invoice price from milk and dairy products, a...
Shade-house, tools to push agriculture handed over to Plaisance Seventh-Day Adventist ChurchLess than a week after meeting with members of the Plaisance Seventh-Day Adventist Church, Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha on Friday...
Over 200 households affected as faulty sluice door collapses at ProvidenceResidents living at Peter’s Hall and Providence, East Bank Demerara, early Thursday morning woke up to floodwaters in their yards...
Govt calls on Surinamese Govt to fulfill promise to Guyanese fishermenThe Government of Guyana is calling on the Surinamese Government to fulfill its promise to issue fishing licences to Guyanese...
Gov’t diversification efforts yield results as non-oil economy grows by 8.3%Although Guyana’s economic growth, recorded at 36.4 per cent for the first half of 2022, is largely credited to the...
$96M to procure fertilisers for cash crop farmersThree agencies that fall under the Ministry of Agriculture signed contracts on Thursday totalling $161.7 million to improve the agriculture...
‘Maximum verification’ before fisherfolk receive $150k cash grant – MustaphaAs fisherfolk await a promised one-off $150,000 cash grant, Minister of Agriculture Zulfikar Mustapha on Thursday said he wants a...
GAWU calls on Forestry Commission to pay workers owedSee below full statement from the Guyana Agriculture and General Workers Union (GAWU): Several former workers of the Guyana Forestry...
More Brahman cattle for breeding improvement project to arrive in SeptIn efforts to improve the genetic buildup of cattle in Guyana, some 60 Brahman cattle from the United States of...
$24M grader to boost rice production in Reg. 6Rice farmers in Region Six (East Berbice – Corentyne) will soon benefit from a more efficient access dam maintenance programme...
Albion/Port Mourant Estates employees to get incentive for surpassing production target Employees of the Albion/Port Mourant Estate surpassed the weekly production target for the second consecutive week and will receive an...
National Science Fair finals and Expo slated for this weekendAfter several competitions at the regional level over the past weeks, the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport’s National Science...
Guyanese agro-processors can get $1M, training to push their businessesAt least 40 Guyanese agro-processors can access much-needed business training and $1 million in interest-free financing to expand their businesses...
Farmers’ markets for East Bank, Reg. 2 & 3 being discussed – Min. MustaphaSee the full statement from the Ministry of Agriculture below: Following the successes of the previous farmers’ markets organized...
‘We will condemn ourselves if Caribbean food plan not supported’- Rowley tells importersThere seems to be growing concern that the ambitious regional food security plan will not find favour among some importers...
Pres. Ali warns: unless regional private sector acts, C’bbean leaders will be forced to look abroadBy Vishani Ragobeer Vishani@newsroom.stagingsites.cc Unless Caribbean private sector players deepen partnerships to satisfy the food demands of the region, Guyana’s...
No more ‘artificial’ barriers to trade as Guyana, T&T put aside differencesNon-tariff barriers have constrained intra-regional trade but Guyana and the Twin Island Republic Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) are hoping to...
Worry for policy makers as some importers, distributors ‘threatened’ by regional food planGuyana is leading the well-supported plan of growing more food and slashing costly imports within the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) but some...
