Today the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) received several pieces of equipment and operational manuals that will be used to improve its data collection and extension capabilities. These pieces of equipment, which were donated by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) as part of a project aimed at…
Persons residing in Arakaka Village, Region One (Barima-Waini) can now look forward to reliable and improved power supply with the addition of a $15 million generator grid seeking to boost the village economy and overall standard of living of residents. On Wednesday last, while spearheading the government’s ongoing flood relief…
–as flood relief distribution kicks off in Region One Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha, on Wednesday, directed the distribution exercise for the government’s ongoing flood-relief distribution exercise in several villages in Region One (Barima Waini). Farmers from Arakaka, Matthew’s Ridge, and Baramita turned up in their numbers to the various distribution…
The Ministry of Agriculture on Tuesday signed seven contracts totaling $665,706,092 for a number of works to be carried out aimed at improving the agriculture sector. The National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) signed a contract with Roopan Ramoutar Investments for the construction of a pump station at Greenwich Park/Barnwell…
–contractors say shortage of supplies due to shipping, bad weather cause for delays Contractors who have outstanding works or are late with providing critical supplies to several agencies that form part of the Ministry of Agriculture were today engaged on them meeting their contractual obligations within the given time frame….
The Government of Guyana remains steadfast in its efforts to ensure those who were affected by flooding as a result of this year’s extended May-June rainy period receive some form of assistance as was promised by His Excellency, President Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali. Today, persons residing in Region Four, most…
A five-year agreement was inked last Friday, between the National Agricultural Research and Extension Institute (NAREI), and AMJ Agro-Processing Inc. for the utilisation of NAREI’s agro-processing facility at Hope Estate Compound. The agreement which will cater for the processing and packaging of condiments by AMJ was today signed by NAREI’s…
Today several senior government officials joined the owner of the Amaya Milk Company for a sod-turning exercise to signify the commencement of the construction of a multi-million dollar state-of-the-art milk processing facility. The facility, which is being constructed at Onverwagt, West Coast Berbice by Canadian-based investor Omkarr Sharma, saw an…
