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A successful three-day exercise was concluded on Friday last by representatives of the Ministry of Agriculture, Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) and the Organisation of the American States (OAS) aimed at pushing agriculture the Region Eight. Agriculture Minister Hon. Noel Holder who headed the team held meeting with…

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Talks today between the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) and the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers’ Union (GAWU) to discuss the Annual Production Incentive (API) for the industry’s workers ended in deadlock with both parties agreeing to go the route of conciliation. According to the company’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Errol…

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General Manager of the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) Nizam Hassan is reporting a production growth of 7 percent, and an export growth of 10 percent at the end of November. According to Hassan, rice production, up to the end of November was 681, 517 metric tonnes. This is a…

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The long awaited report on the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) has been described as an eye opener, by Minister of State Joseph Harmon, based on the amount of information that emanated from it. He congratulated the commissioners who worked on the comprehensive report, when he addressed a post-Cabinet media briefing…

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Cabinet has approved the sum of $49 million to fight a red palm mite infestation currently affecting the coconut industry. The money will be used to purchase chemicals, equipment, and safety gear and provided to farmers at a subsidised cost to combat this infestation, Minister of State Joseph Harmon said…

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