Daily Market Prices – December 30th 2024
Guyana cultivated 12,000 acres of corn and soya in 2024
– aiming to be self-sufficient with black-eyed and red beans by 2025 Guyanese farmers cultivated 12,000 acres of corn and soya in 2024. During a year-end press conference on Monday at the Ministry of Agriculture’s head office on Regent Street, Minister Zulfikar Mustapha, said that while this is a remarkable…
A record-breaking 725,282 metric tonnes of rice produced in 2024
With the production of 725,282 metric tonnes of rice in 2024, Guyana has surpassed its target and achieved a record-breaking milestone in its agriculture sector. Minister of Agriculture Zulfikar Mustapha made the announcement during his ministry’s year-end press conference on Monday. “I want to say that this is a record-breaking…
𝐆𝐨𝐯’𝐭 𝐩𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐬 𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐑𝐞𝐠. 𝐓𝐰𝐨
– for outstanding sums owed from PetroCarbi rice deal On Saturday, 22 farmers, and three millers from Region Two received approximately $437 million in outstanding payments from a 2015 PetroCarbie rice deal with Venezuela. Agriculture Minister, Hon. Zulfikar Mustapha while addressing farmers and millers in the Regional Democratic Council (RDC)…
$528 m Andrews pump station commissioned in Reg. Two
On Saturday, Agriculture Minister, Hon. Zulfikar Mustapha commissioned the Andrews Pump Station on the Essequibo Coast in Region Two. The pump station was rehabilitated at a cost of approximately $528 million and is outfitted with two fixed 150 cusec pumps designed to drain 13,454 gallons per minute. It will benefit…
Daily Market Prices – December 27th 2024
Sugar workers benefit from gov’t’s one-off $100,000 cash grant in time for Christmas
On Tuesday, sugar workers from across the country received payments in keeping with the government’s one-off $100,000 cash grant for Guyanese citizens 18 years and older. Agriculture Minister Hon. Zulfikar Mustapha spearheaded the distribution exercise at the Uitvlugt Estate in Region Three where over 1,300 sugar workers benefited from the…
Daily Market Prices – December 24th 2024
