The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) today hosted a National Dialogue for the upcoming 35th FAO Regional Conference of Latin America and the Caribbean, garnering the inputs from stakeholders on regional issues which will be addressed during its conference schedule for March 5 to 8 in Montego Bay,…
The recent vandalism of 18 bearing coconut trees by persons at Hope Estate is a cause for concern and one which the Ministry of Agriculture will not sit by idly and allow to happen. One person has since been arrested for the poisoning of the coconut trees and is cooperating…
The Ministry of Agriculture today launched its Mashramani 2018 costume band under the theme ‘Celebrating the Transformation of the Agricultural Sector through Diversification in a Green State’. The event, held in the Ministry’s compound on Regent and Vlissengen Road, had in attendance the Permanent Secretary, Delma Nedd, among representatives from…
The Ministry of Agriculture’s Hope Coconut Industries Limited (HCIL) is maintaining its action to issue notices to farmers who are in arrears. HCIL is of the view that the rent being requested from rice farmers are in keeping with the First Schedule, Rice Farmers (Security of Tenure) Act. Chap. 96:02….
Chief Executive Officer of the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA), Frederick Flatts says some systems are already in place for the agency to assume control of the maintenance of drainage and irrigation canals previously controlled by the now reorganized Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo). “We have received some additional money…
With the implementation of the Black Sigatoka Management programme by the National Agricultural Research & Extension Institute (NAREI), farmers from the villages of Buxton and Little Baiboo have received immense benefits. On a visit to the communities today, Region 4 Crop Extension Assistant, Maleka Russell made it known that with…
Minister of Agriculture, Noel Holder charged the National Agricultural Research and Extension Institute (NAREI), Guyana Livestock and Development Agency (GLDA) and National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA), to find adequate solutions for the plight of farmers in the Victoria/Belfield area. In a visit to the area today, Minister Holder listened…
Retrenched GuySuCo workers who are interested in moving into other fields are now being offered the option of computer training at Global Technology. Minister Holder had a meeting with persons from Global Technology to discuss ways in which the entity can play a role in assisting retrenched GuySuCo workers as…
