In observance of World Food Day 2024, the Ministry of Agriculture (MOA), in partnership with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), hosted an agricultural exhibition and open day on Wednesday at the Bourda Cricket Ground. The event aimed to promote the importance of food security, while…
– with 90,713 cultivated during the last crop Guyana rice production continues to increase as 90,713 hectares of rice were cultivated during the last crop. This is according to the General Manager of the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB), Badrie Persaud on Monday during the launch of the new high-yielding ‘GRDB…
Guyana is set to produce all its hatching eggs within the next two years as the poultry industry continues to advance. This announcement was made by Minister of Agriculture Zulfikar Mustapha during the launch of a new high-yielding rice variety at Nooten Zuil, East Coast Demerara on Monday. According to…
Two young women from Region Five are now mini-excavator operators. The women were hired by the Mahaica Mahaicony Abary Agriculture Development Authority (MMA-ADA) after they completed a training programme under the Ministry of Labour’s Board of Industrial Training (BIT). In an effort to support internal drainage works within the scheme,…
A new high-yielding rice variety known as ‘GRDB 18,’ was launched on Monday by the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB). The new variety was launched at a rice field in Nooten Zuil, East Coast Demerara, where a trial was conducted by A. Sabastian, a farmer that owns 4.5 acres of…
– real-time data will be provided The government has taken a bold step to integrate innovative technology into the agriculture sector and boost food productivity. To accomplish that, a ‘situation room’ will soon be established and will function as a centralized command centre to monitor data pertaining to all agricultural…
Farmers and residents from areas within the Mahaica Mahaicony Abary Agriculture DevelopmentAuthority (MMA-ADA) Scheme, West Coast Berbice as well as those residing in Black Bush Polder,Talorgie, and other surrounding communities on the Corentyne Coast will now benefit from furtherimprovements to their drainage systems following the addition of approximately $127 million worth…
Guyana is on track to achieve self-sufficiency in its livestock feed production by 2025. Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha, revealed this important information on Monday during the commissioning of a soil chemical services laboratory at the National Agricultural Research and Extension Institute’s (NAREI) in Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara. “For…
