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...
Canals, drains to be cleaned as Agri. Minister visits flood-hit Corentyne villagesIn his first field trip since assuming the post of Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha on Sunday visited the East...
GuySuCo loses $37.9M from strikes during first cropThe Guyana Sugar Corporation Inc. (GuySuCo) on Monday said it lost $37.9M as a result of 50 strike actions during...
Hydromet Dept. issues warnings ahead of Tropical Storm GonzaloSee fulll statement from the Hydromet office below: Tropical Storm Gonzalo. The National Hurricane Centre has informed the territories in...
NICIL harvests over 350 acres of rice from Wales EstateThe National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL) has harvested over 350 acres of paddy from lands at the former...
GRDB earns US$99M from rice exportsThe Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) has exported 242,812 tons of rice between January and May 2020 earning $99,000,000 USD....
Treasury incapable of bailing out GuySuCoThe APNU+AFC Government says it is unable to bailout the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) which is on the brink of...
Police break-up protest by Uitvlugt sugar workersThe protest action by workers of the Uitvlugt Estate factory continued on Thursday morning but Police stepped in and caused...
Ministry of Business to establish new agency to assist famers impacted by COVID-19The Government of Guyana is working to assist farmers who have been impacted by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). In an...
Citizens can get vouchers from gov’t to buy seeds, tools to start kitchen gardensAs the global COVID19 Coronavirus pandemic continues to affect many Guyanese, the Rural Affairs Secretariat of the Ministry of Agriculture...
Komal Chand passes on; described as “a champion fighter” by AliLong-serving Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) member and president, Komal Chand, has passed on. With a solid grounding...
COVID-19: UN Food and Agriculture Organisation urges all to plant kitchen gardensThe Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations is urging persons to take up kitchen gardening as they...
Forest concessions revoked from Baishanlin, others up for grabsThe Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC) has announced that it is ready to allocate lands which it revoked from Chinese company...
$89.6M Sluice and Revetment commissioned in LeguanAn $89.6M sluice and revetment project at Thierens on the Essequibo Island of Leguan was commissioned on Wednesday benefiting over...
GuySuCo reports production shortfall; says Plantation White project to start this yearThe Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) has reported a sugar production shortfall of 17,000 tonnes for 2019. The Corporation said a...
Reg. 9 farmers receive cassava harvesting machineFarmers of the Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo Region are now better equipped to harvest their cassava crops, following the donation of...
Sugar production target will not be met this year – GAWUThe Guyana Agriculture and General Workers Union (GAWU) on Friday said sugar production this year will reach the lowest in...
80 Small businesses participate in UncappedEighty small businesses at the weekend participated in the Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association’s (GMSA) Uncapped marketplace exhibition. The exhibitors...
Blind but not visionless- an agro-processor’s storyWhen construction worker Lawrence Braithwaite lost his sight to glaucoma in 2007, the road ahead was a prospect filled with...
