A recent study by the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) has found that a majority of farms in Guyana are family operated and this helps them adapt to climate change. The study surveyed farms in Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. Minister of Agriculture, Noel…
The Guyana Livestock Development Authority (GLDA) has introduced apiculture to several hinterland communities as it continues to push hinterland agricultural development and self-sufficiency in apicultural products. According to Chief Executive Officer of GLDA, Nigel Cumberbatch, Guyana imports approximately $80,000 USD of honey and other apicultural products annually. “We feel that…
Georgetown will have three mobile pumps by December, just in time for the next rainy season. Chief Executive Officer of the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA), Frederick Flatts said the pumps are among a larger package being funded under an Indian government line of credit. “The whole package is…
In light of recent reports circulating in the media as it relates to some millers being owed for rice supplied to Panama, Guyana Rice Development Board’s (GRDB) General Manager, Nizam Hassan has indicated that the Board is not in possession of the funds and is currently working with officials in…
The Ministry of Agriculture, through the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) and the National Research and Extension Institute (NAREI) will soon be offering needed assistance to farmers in the riverine community of Dalliwala, Region 10. This development come in wake of farmers indicated that farming in the community has…
General Manager of the Mahaica/Mahaicony/Abary Agriculture Development Authority (MMA\ADA), Aubrey Charles says the continued non-payment of rates has forced a cutback in services. In a recent interview with the Department of Public Information, (DPI), Charles said, “what has happened during last year and to some extent this year we had…
The Mahaica/Mahaicony/Abary Agriculture Development Authority’s (MMA/ADA) drainage infrastructure is handling the current rainy season adequately. General Manager Aubrey Charles told the Department of Public Information (DPI): “In the Berbice/Abary area we have three sea sluices at the communities of Profit, Trafalgar and D’Edward. In addition to our pump at Trafalgar,…
The National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) will now be able to drastically increase and improve its drainage capacity with the acquisition of a new submersible dredge pump. The pump was procured at a cost of GY $320M and will be mechanically commissioned and fully functioning shortly. Chief Executive Officer…
