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...
Facing worsening climate conditions, Guyanese farmers to benefit from crop insurance this yearGuyanese farmers, many of whom faced major losses due to floods in 2021 as climate conditions worsened across the world,...
More money for GuySuCo but dependence on gov’t to be reduced by 2026The government is expected to make more funds available for the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) in its 2022 budget but...
Agri. officials in aggressive push to regain lost regional marketsFailure to adhere to regional sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) measures saw Guyana losing some of its export markets in the...
Low fish catches: Pres. Ali floats new strategies to help fisherfolk rake in millions moreBy Vishani Ragobeer Vishani@newsroom.stagingsites.cc The decline in the amount of fish caught by fisherfolk who have been plying their trade...
Young people tapping into multi-billion-dollar vegetable market; potential for millions in profitsIn just three years, from 2018 to 2020, Guyana imported about $6 billion in carrots, broccoli and cauliflower but a...
Pres. Ali launches Agri. entrepreneurship programme to empower youth, create jobsPresident Dr Irfaan Ali today launched the Agriculture and Innovation Entrepreneurship Programme to bolster the agriculture sector, empower youths and...
Rehabilitating deplorable Laluni, Kuru Kururu access road a priority in 2022 BudgetThe access road to the agricultural community of Laluni which runs through Kuru Kururu on the Linden-Soesdyke Highway will soon...
2022 seen as year for hemp production in GuyanaThe Guyana Hemp Industries, the company behind the unrelenting activism for the legalisation and production of industrial hemp in Guyana,...
Guyana rakes in close to $40 billion from rice exportsDespite the COVID-19 pandemic and recent floods, Guyana’s rice industry remained resilient and raked in close to $40 billion (US$189,232,690)...
63 ponds completed to ramp up production of brackish water shrimpA total of 63 ponds have been completed as part of the government’s efforts to increase the production of brackish...
Pumps deployed to help reduce flooding in Reg. 3Persistent rainfall across parts of Guyana’s Coast over the last 48 hours has left many homes in several communities in...
Agri. Minister mulls legal redress to end quarrel between Region #3 farmers, Co-op Society Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha on Tuesday afternoon met with farmers from communities across Region Three and promised a range of...
Transporting food a key focus as production ‘extremely hot’ topic at CARICOMThere have been increasing talks on upping the production and trade of food within the Caribbean region but transporting the...
Heavy rainfall expected until February; farmers encouraged to take precautionsSee below the full press release issued by the Ministry of Agriculture: Rainfall There’s a high chance for wetter than...
Guyana imports about 40% of its food; President Ali targets self-sufficiencyAgriculture is an important productive sector for Guyana, but with the country still importing about 40 percent of its food,...
Agricultural support for Reg. 8 boosted with $38M investmentIn a bid to improve its extension services in far-flung areas of the country, the National Agriculture Research and Extension...
$60M agro-processing facility completed in Region TwoThe $60 million agro-processing facility in Pomeroon-Supenaam (Region Two) is complete and will soon be outfitted with high-end equipment ahead...
Hampton Court Estates denies it is trying to remove farmersHampton Court Estate has denied what it said is a series of “slanderous and erroneous claims” by a small group...
