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...
Critical machinery for GuySuCo as almost $500M in contracts signedSeveral agencies that fall under the Ministry of Agriculture on Friday signed a total of 12 contracts amounting to some...
Guyana to update laws to ensure safer production, packaging of food – IICAGuyana will soon receive assistance to strengthen its legislative framework under the Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (SPS) programme by the...
Emergency measures to ease flooding in Cookrite Savannah – Agri MinistryFollowing a meeting with several cattle farmers from Black Bush Polder on the Corentyne Coast in Region Six, Agriculture Minister,...
$300M fertiliser support for Region Six farmersRegion Six (East Berbice-Corentyne) farmers will soon benefit from $300 million in fertiliser support from the government, as efforts continue...
Overseas investor to set up greenhouses, grow berries near Linden/ Soesdyke highwayAn overseas investor is seeking to grow berries near Guyana’s Linden/ Soesdyke highway, as part of efforts to reduce Guyana’s...
Bajans spent millions on Guyanese productsThere was an overwhelming interest in the locally-made products at the recently concluded agro-fest in Barbados and Head of the...
Fisherfolk to receive $150k cash grant by next week; urged not to cheat the systemBy Lazeena Yearwood Distribution of the one-off $150,000 cash grants promised to the country’s fisherfolk by the government will commence...
All fisherfolk to get one-off $150,000 cash grantAs part of further efforts to cushion substantial price hikes, President Dr. Irfaan Ali on Tuesday announced that fisherfolk across...
A CARICOM food stamp? Guyana tasked with pushing regional food consumptionGuyana is leading an aggressive food security agenda within the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and with plans afoot to increase food production,...
Demerara Bank’s game-changing loan plan to slash rice farmers’ woesA new farmers’ credit line programme, offered by Demerara Bank Limited, promises to slash many of the woes rice farmers...
No more expensive ‘frozen imports’ with new Guyana/ B’dos seafood planA new seafood farming plan between Guyana and Barbados could see tourist-dependent countries cutting an expensive import bill, Prime Minister...
Unless old habits change, ‘food catastrophe’ will hit Caribbean – Pres. AliBy Vishani Ragobeer Vishani@newsroom.stagingsites.cc Global events are likely to contribute to a shortage of food and President Dr. Irfaan Ali...
Access to farmlands for Barbados as relations deepen with GuyanaBy Vishani Ragobeer Vishani@newsroom.stagingsites.cc Access to farmlands, promoting tourism opportunities and supporting young people are among the key efforts towards...
President Ali leads delegation to ‘Agro Fest’ in BarbadosPresident Dr Irfaan Ali is leading a delegation to attend ‘Agro Fest’- the National Agricultural Exhibition -to be held at...
CARICOM SG lauds Ali’s leadership of regional Agri. sector in Independence Day messageCARICOM Secretary-General, Dr. Carla Barnett, has congratulated the Government and People of Guyana on the occasion of the country’s Fifty-Sixth...
$250M in fertiliser support for Region Two farmersVice President Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo on Wednesday announced that farmers in Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam) will be receiving $250 million for...
Major poultry, marine cage projects for Mainstay/Whyaka – President announcesIn a bid to boost the economy, create employment and empower youths, President Dr Irfaan Ali on Wednesday announced that...
Emergency works for Region 5 following severe floodingOver the past two days, the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) executed a series of emergency works in the...
