Significant investments totalling over $1.5 billion are being made in several communities in Region Six to enhance drainage infrastructure and construct high-level sluices. These efforts aim to bolster flood resilience and provide farmers with better opportunities to increase agricultural output. Construction will soon commence on new drainage structures in No….
About 120 Pomeroon farmers from Region Two will improve their coconut production after receiving 3,000 high-yielding Brazilian Green Dwarf seedlings. This is the first tranche of roughly 7,000 seedlings expected to be distributed to farmers. The saplings were handed over by Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha, during a meeting in…
On Wednesday, Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha distributed several pieces of equipment to small-scale farmers from Anna Regina and other surrounding areas on the Essequibo Coast, Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam). The equipment, which are valued at approximately $18 million, included tractor-driven pumps, tillers, mist blowers, and threshers. Minister Mustapha while addressing those…
Residents of Capoey and other neighboring villages on the Essequibo Coast will now benefit from improved drainage and irrigation following the commissioning of a new sluice. Approximately $260 million was expended to construct the sluice which will benefit some 60 farmers and over 1,000 acres of farm and residential land….
Less than three weeks after commissioning a similar piece of equipment in Region Five, Agriculture Minister, Hon. Zulfikar Mustapha, on Wednesday, commissioned a second amphibious excavator in Tapakuma Village, Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam). The amphibious excavator was procured by the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) for approximately $110 million and…
The Ministry of Agriculture will soon release a list of works executed in Region Ten since the government assumed office, which has helped to alleviate the flooding in the region. Minister Zulfikar Mustapha disclosed this on Monday while speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the Vice President’s public meeting…
As Guyana continues to position itself as the leading food exporter in the region, construction work for the regional food hub, along the Soesdyke-Linden Highway will soon commence, with an estimated cost of $625.2 million. Phase I of the facility commenced in 2023 for $187 million, while Phase II works are…
The government remains vigilant in monitoring the country’s drainage and irrigation systems nationwide to avoid major flooding, especially during the ongoing May-June rainy season. Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha, provided the update during an interview at a public engagement hosted by Vice President Dr Bharrat Jagdeo, at the Arthur Chung…
