Under the Ministry of Agriculture Innovation and Entrepreneurship Programme (AIEP), 603 shade houses were constructed between the period 2021 to 2024. His Excellency Dr Mohamed Irfaan Ali launched the initiative in 2021 to attract Guyana’s youth to the government’s agricultural development plan. Providing an update during the ministry’s year-end press…

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– Coconut industry progressing rapidly Cassava yields in Guyana have significantly increased from 18 to 30 tonnes per hectare in 2024. And according to Minister of Agriculture Zulfikar Mustapha, cassava production has doubled since 2019. “In 2019 we had 3,226 acres of cassava cultivated. In 2024 that has doubled to 6,000…

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