Government has taken an aggressive approach to ensuring that sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) standards are met to completely remove the barriers to Guyana’s food exports. The SPS measures are strategies outlined to protect humans, animals, and plants from diseases, pests, or contaminants. Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha, M.P, Wednesday, said…
Guyana’s agriculture sector continues to make its mark on the international food market, with the British Virgin Islands (BVI), and European nations of Estonia and Slovenia being among the newest rice export destinations in 2021. Agriculture Minister, Zulfikar Mustapha, M.P, during a recent interview, said he is optimistic that the…
Government exhausted over $7.8 billion to assist persons who were severely affected by the May/June rains, last year, while another $1.5 billion was spent for emergency drainage and irrigation works. The PPP/C Administration’s interventions saw over $9.3 billion being expended to assist more than 50,000 households in some 300 communities…
says GFSA to play a role in monitoring traceability The establishment of a new swine abattoir is expected to positively impact Guyana’s swine industry, as it would finally make way for Guyana to be able to export pork and other byproducts of swine to external markets. During a meeting with…
– CARICOM MTF pushes for large-scale corn and soya bean production, agriculture insurance During the thirty-second Inter-sessional Meeting held last February, the Conference of Heads of Government approved the establishment of a Special Ministerial Taskforce (MTF), subsequently charging it with guiding the CARICOM’s position on shaping a significantly more resilient,…
Notwithstanding the harsh effects of Covid-19 on the agriculture sector in 2021, the PPP/C government remained resolute in ensuring Guyanese continue to benefit from sustainable food security. Since the PPP/C administration took office in August 2020, Guyana, unlike many countries globally, has been a leading nation in efforts to advance…
– approximately $1.5B spent on emergency flood-relief efforts At the end of 2021, an estimated $28.7 billion was expended by the various agencies under the umbrella of the Agriculture Ministry, further setting the path for continued development for a number of transformative projects within the sector. Apart from the…
– HCIL seedling production capacity now 48,000 per annum – Coconut and coconut byproducts export rakes in $2.5B As part of the government’s efforts to decentralize the availability of quality planting materials for the coconut industry, in 2021, the Ministry of Agriculture’s Hope Coconut Industries Limited (HCIL), formally known as Hope Estate,…
