Average market prices over the three-week period, January 4 to 24, 2023, for selected livestock and non-traditional agricultural commodities, projected by the Guyana Marketing Corporation (GMC), show an easing in prices at some of the major markets across the country. GMC carried out checks at Kumaka, Anna Regina, Parika, Vreed-en-Hoop,…
The Rose Hall Sugar Estate is poised to make a grand comeback in 2023, with the People’s Progressive Party/ Civic (PPP/C) Government dedicating some $1.195 billion towards aiding its reopening in the second crop of this year. The iconic property is among the sugar factories closed under the previous APNU+AFC…
– $33.2B budget for agri. sector successfully passed – $104M to be expended under mangrove sea defense at Danzig – expansion of brackish water shrimp project continues During day two of the consideration of estimates and expenditure for Budget 2023, the Ministry of Agriculture’s $33.2 billion budget was successfully passed. To date, this…
The People’s Progressive Party/Civic Government has set the record straight on the previous APNU+AFC Coalition’s mismanagement of the agriculture sector, revealing the discovery of some 16,000 bags of spoilt fertilisers, when this government took office in 2020. “Mr. Speaker, they talked about spoilt fertilisers, but let me say something, when…
With government’s continued commitment to support and promote investments in agro-processing, two new agro-processing facilities are expected to be established in Crabwood Creek and Orealla in Region Six, this year. The projects are critical elements of the administration’s push for enhanced food security and broad-based sustainable economic growth. And by…
Guyana’s corn and soya bean production has been on the rise, with the government committing to the cultivation of these crops in the intermediate savannahs in order to become self-sufficient by 2025. The commitment to expand cultivation of these crops is in keeping with the government’s manifesto promise. Notably, the…
The government is making strides in advancing the country’s coconut industry through its decentralisation programme and introduction of high-yielding and disease-resistant varieties. The Dr Mohamed Irfaan Ali- led Administration rolled out the programme in 2022, which aligned with its manifesto commitments. The massive undertaking saw the establishment of nine coconut…
– Farmers also receive planting materials for black pepper, other spices Farmers from several villages in Region One (Barima–Waini) recently received planting materials to commence large-scale cultivation of spices with the aim of supplying export markets across the Caribbean. Last week, officers from the National Agriculture Research and Extension Institute (NAREI)…
