Agriculture students from the New Amsterdam Multilateral, Hope Secondary and President’s College were given the opportunity to observe various coconut cultivation practices during a tour of the Hope coconut estate on Thursday. The educational trip was part of the Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute’s (CARDI) open day exercise. CARDI’s…
As the debates for the National 2018 Budget continue, Region Ten Member of Parliament (MP), Jermaine Figueria defended the government’s commitment to the workers of Guyana, more specifically those of the Guyana Sugar Co-operation (GuySuCo.) MP Figueria, rebutted statements made by Opposition MP Komal Chand, who claimed that the 2018…
Minister of Agriculture, Noel Holder said today that the country’s framework for governing the sugar industry has to evolve in order to reduce vulnerabilities, resolve institutional and legacy issues and diversify away from sugar to more sustainable industries. In his address to the National Assembly, the Agriculture Minister said since…
The $6.3 billion budgetary allocation to the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) for 2018 will go towards the restructuring process and keeping three identified sugar estates alive, Chairman of the Board Dr. Clive Thomas has said. As GuySuCo continues on the path towards diversification and self-sufficiency, the multi-billion allocation will be…
Minister of Agriculture Noel Holder today said Climate Change adaptation is of urgent concern to Guyana and the Caribbean region and called for more preparedness to counter the effects of increased disasters, resulting from predicted growing changes and variability in climate. Delivering brief remarks to the 2017 Dry-season Caribbean Climate…
The local overall rice production is expected to increase as predicted by the end of the year. Minister of Finance, Winston Jordan disclosed that the rice industry is expected to record an output of 602,087 tonnes for 2017. This will serve as a 12.7 percent increase as compared to output…
A sum of $19.4 billion has been set aside for several projects and upgrades that will maximize production in the agriculture sector. These improvements and development in the sector for 2018 were disclosed by Finance Minister, Winston Jordan when he presented the 2018 budget to the National Assembly on Monday….
The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) has been allocated some $6.3 billion to support its reduced operations in 2018, Minister of Finance Winston Jordan has announced. Presenting the 2018 Budget to the National Assembly on Monday, Minister Jordan said government’s intensified focus on diversification and value-added production in the non-sugar agriculture…
