–400 chicks, feed donated to assist with CSEC, CAPE farm management SBA –Min. Mustapha says ministry looking to replicate similar initiatives at other schools across the country Today, Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha handed over 400 broiler chicks and starter feed amounting to approximately $310,000 to the President’s College Agriculture Science…
The brackish water shrimp production along the Corentyne Coast, Region Six, is progressing smoothly and will soon see production exceeding the 500,000 kilograms projected annually. There are 66 ponds already completed in phase one of the project, while efforts to establish an additional 13 ponds have advanced to meet the…
–construction of pump stations at Adventure, BBP to commence this year –min. Mustapha underscores the need for strengthening country’s drainage capacity Farmers from East Berbice–Corentyne (Region Six) will soon benefit from massive agricultural development and opportunities as the government gears up to commence its 2022 work programme. Last Thursday, the…
Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha said financial provisions were made for specialists to be employed to advance several new initiatives by the ministry. Responding to questions from the opposition during the consideration of the budget estimates Tuesday evening, the minister disclosed that the agriculture ministry had previously engaged the Ministry…
“Although D&I, land rental charges were reduced, MMA is earning more because more farmers are paying their fees” – Min. Mustapha Following a series of interventions to reduce the burdens placed on the back of the nation’s farmers by the then APNU/AFC Government, the PPP/C Administration will, in 2022, be able…
The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) has re-employed close to 500 persons at the Rose Hall Sugar Estate, to strengthen the factory’s workforce, to begin operation. During the consideration of Estimates and Expenditures of Budget 2022 on Tuesday, Minister, Zulfikar Mustapha, M.P, announced that some 41 per cent of works in…
The introduction of brackish water shrimp production, which is one of the measures the government has been pushing, is advancing well in Region Six. This measure was taken due to the worldwide issue of low fish catches that have impacted the local fisheries industry. His Excellency, Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali…
On Thursday, the wooden koker door located at Andrews Sluice in the Evergreen/Paradise Neighborhood Democratic Council (NDC) of Pomeroon-Supenaam (Region Two), failed after it came under tremendous pressure from heavy waves during the above normal high tide period. As a result, approximately 70 acres of rice lands and 25 households…
