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...
Guyana-led efforts to cut food imports a central focus as CARICOM Heads meetGuyana has been tasked with leading efforts to reduce the Caribbean’s expensive food import bill and as Caribbean Community (CARICOM)...
More pumps deployed countrywide as heavy rains expected to continueWith the Hydromet Department predicting high-intensity rainfall over the next three to four days, the government has deployed additional drainage...
New US $6M fertiliser blending plant for Region ThreeBy Vishani Ragobeer Vishani@newsroom.stagingsites.cc A new fertiliser blending plant will soon be constructed in Region Three (Essequibo Islands-West Demerara) and...
Workers of Enmore packaging plant to be trained, hired by pipe yard investorsForty persons who worked at the Enmore sugar packaging plant will be trained and hired by investors who will take...
Corentyne businessman escapes deadly bee attack; pets killedA Tain, Port Mourant, Corentyne businessman narrowly escaped from a swarm of deadly Africanised bees who attacked him and his...
Gov’t to commence preliminary work ahead of construction of multi-door sluice in Reg. 6construction of pump stations at Adventure, BBP to commence this year Mustapha underscores the need for strengthening country’s drainage...
More money for brackish water shrimp project as $55M approved for fisheries supportAs part of targeted interventions to boost local fish production – particularly through the new brackish water shrimp project –...
Over 570 villages, including Opposition’s support base, received flood relief cash grants – MustaphaMonths after the government embarked on the distribution of a flood relief cash grant to framers across Guyana who were...
Fish catches up again as exporters report increases – Agri. MinisterOn the heels of complaints by fisherfolks across Guyana at the end of 2021 that catches had significantly reduced, making...
Budget 2022: Pres. Ali touts investment in agriculture as foundation for long-term productivitySignificant allocations have been proposed for the local agricultural sector in the 2022 National Budget and President Dr. Irfaan Ali...
BUDGET 2022: $5B to cushion rising food prices as Gov’t reduces gas, freight pricesWith several measures in budget 2022 to ease the effects of the rising cost of living, the government has set...
BUDGET 2022: Gov’t eyes more fish production with $743.7M allocationA total of $743.7 million has been allocated to the fisheries subsector as part of the government’s intention to expand...
BUDGET 2022: Black Bush Polder to get $20M seed dryer, 600 farmers to benefitWith rice cultivation remaining the main source of economic activity in many rural farming communities, some $20 million has been...
BUDGET 2022: Gov’t to use Norway money to fund massive flood-relief channelsThe government will tap into a US$54 million sum received from Norway, combined with investment income, to build two major...
Construction underway for model shade houses as part of President’s youth agri. initiativeFollowing the launch of the ‘Agriculture and Innovation Entrepreneurship Programme’ which was conceptualised by President Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali on...
‘Most’ of the protocols completed to remove Catfish ban – Agri. MinisterThe majority of the protocols that were required to remove the current ban on catfish to the United States are...
Farmers’ market coming to Region Six soon -Minister MustaphaThe Ministry of Agriculture will be partnering with the Regional Democratic Council (RDC) of Region Six, to host a massive...
Devastated by floods, 200 small scale farmers get $8.9M FAO supportBy Shikema Dey shikema@newsroom.stagingsites.cc Bibi Waheeda Hamid of Rosignol, West Coast Berbice lost over $200,000 in livestock last year when...
