Large-scale cattle farmers from Regions Two, Three, Four, Five, and Six signed agreements with the Ministry of Agriculture’s Guyana Livestock Development Authority (GLDA) for the use of breeding bulls to improve their stock. The initiative forms part of the agency’s genetic improvement programme as the government works towards developing the…
Today, farmers from various farmers’ groups from Moruca, Region One (Barima – Waini) benefitted from a number of inputs to boost their productive capacity. Agriculture Minister, Honourable Zulfikar Mustapha, along with other officials from the ministry visited the region to distribute the items. Prior to today’s visit, Minister Mustapha had…
─ other small-scale livestock farmers to benefit The Ministry of Agriculture on Saturday distributed 25 black giant chicks and a bag of feed each to some 30 residents, including single parents and vulnerable farmers, from Mon Choisi village in Region Five, (Mahaica-Berbice). Minister, Zulfikar Mustapha told the farmers that as their…
as gov’t continues to push value-added production The Government of Guyana, in an effort to further commercialize value-added production through agro-processing, has been working to establish agro-processing facilities across the country. Today, Agriculture Minister, Honourable Zulfikar Mustapha commissioned a state-of-the-art agro-processing facility at Fort Wellington, West Coast Berbice (Region Five)….
A team of investors from Palnorte, a company that owns and operates palm oil mills in Colombia, met with Agriculture Minister, Honourable Zulfikar Mustapha on Wednesday to discuss the possibility of establishing a local palm oil industry. Over the last two years, there has been an influx of overseas companies…
Today the Ministry of Agriculture’s Hope Coconut Industries Limited, in collaboration with the Caribbean Agriculture Research and Development Institute (CARDI) hosted an exercise to launch the introduction of the Brazilian Green Dwarf coconut variety in Guyana. The first shipment comprising 1,000 seed nuts arrived in Guyana from Brazil last October…
The Ministry of Agriculture on Monday secured an additional $3 billion to provide resources for operational expenses at the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) and the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA). Of the sum approved, a total of $1 billion will be injected into advancing works at GuySuCo, while the…
Over $740 million which was expended through the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) to conduct urgent drainage works in several regions across Guyana was approved by the National Assembly on Monday. Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha said the money was spent on critical works including the rehabilitation of drainage…
