– aiming to be self-sufficient with black-eyed and red beans by 2025 Guyanese farmers cultivated 12,000 acres of corn and soya in 2024. During a year-end press conference on Monday at the Ministry of Agriculture’s head office on Regent Street, Minister Zulfikar Mustapha, said that while this is a remarkable…
With the production of 725,282 metric tonnes of rice in 2024, Guyana has surpassed its target and achieved a record-breaking milestone in its agriculture sector. Minister of Agriculture Zulfikar Mustapha made the announcement during his ministry’s year-end press conference on Monday. “I want to say that this is a record-breaking…
– for outstanding sums owed from PetroCarbi rice deal On Saturday, 22 farmers, and three millers from Region Two received approximately $437 million in outstanding payments from a 2015 PetroCarbie rice deal with Venezuela. Agriculture Minister, Hon. Zulfikar Mustapha while addressing farmers and millers in the Regional Democratic Council (RDC)…
On Saturday, Agriculture Minister, Hon. Zulfikar Mustapha commissioned the Andrews Pump Station on the Essequibo Coast in Region Two. The pump station was rehabilitated at a cost of approximately $528 million and is outfitted with two fixed 150 cusec pumps designed to drain 13,454 gallons per minute. It will benefit…
On Tuesday, sugar workers from across the country received payments in keeping with the government’s one-off $100,000 cash grant for Guyanese citizens 18 years and older. Agriculture Minister Hon. Zulfikar Mustapha spearheaded the distribution exercise at the Uitvlugt Estate in Region Three where over 1,300 sugar workers benefited from the…
Rehabilitation of the Meadow Bank Wharf in Georgetown has surpassed 80 per cent completion, with additional works scheduled in the coming weeks. This update was provided by Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha, during a site visit Tuesday morning to assess the progress of the project. “This was work committed and…
On Friday, the Ministry of Agriculture through the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) signed contracts with over fifty-two (52) Community Development Councils (CDC) for critical drainage and irrigation work in several communities in Linden (Region 10). The contracts, which were mostly for manual cleaning of drainage channels in several…
Several communities in Region Nine including Annai, Wowetta, Kwatamang, Surama, and Yakarinta, received farming implements such as chemicals, acoustic ant bait, and seedlings to boost sustainable agricultural production and support economic development. The distribution exercises were spearheaded by Minister of Agriculture Zulfikar Mustapha during a recent two-day outreach in the…
