Some $1.6 billion has been expended over the past two years for critical development and infrastructural works at the Mahaica Mahaicony Abary – Agricultural Development Authority (MMA-ADA) Scheme. Since taking office on August 2, 2020, the PPP/C Government addressed numerous problems at the authority, which according to Agriculture Minister, Zulfikar…
Hon. Zulfikar Mustapha, M.P., Minister of Agriculture Mr. Speaker. It is my pleasure to introduce the second reading of the Industrial Hemp Bill, Bill #10 of 2022. Mr. Speaker, Guyana is projected to attain unprecedented growth rate which no other country in the world is currently projected to achieve in…
Today several agencies that form part of the Ministry of Agriculture signed 13 contracts totaling some $610 million. Representatives from the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo), the Guyana Livestock Development Authority (GLDA), and the Agriculture Sector Development Unit’s Sustainable Agricultural Development Project (ASDU-SADP) joined Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha in the ministry’s…
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4,000 farmers targeted for pilot exercise On Friday, August 5, 2022, the Ministry of Agriculture through the Sustainable Agriculture Development Program (SADP) launched its agriculture survey at the Regency Suites Hotel. The much-anticipated agriculture survey, which is being funded by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), will see the collection of…
─ says inclement weather affecting maintenance works Rice farmers from the #52 to #74 area on the Corentyne Coast, Region Six (East Berbice – Corentyne) were assured that all the dams in the cultivation areas will be rehabilitated as soon as possible. This was disclosed by Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha…
-NAREI to address issues faced by Waramuri farmers, villages to benefit from improved extension services During a recent outreach to Santa Rosa, a riverine community in the Moruca sub-district in Region One (Barima – Waini), Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha disclosed that livestock farmers will benefit from additional stock to expand…
– ‘slash and burn’ farmers to benefit from soil tests, technical support– Agri. ministry to train, hire three additional extension staff Farmers from the riverine community of Manawarin in Region One (Barima – Waini) will soon benefit from a number of critical interventions as the government moves towards improving and…
