―Wales Estate to receive US$2M Agro-Industrial Park ―“We are on the right path to success” – Min. Valerie Yearwood The National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL) has announced plans to establish an agro-industrial park at the Wales Sugar Estate on the West Bank Demerara. The venture is a collaboration…
─Agri Ministry awards kitchen garden contest winners The Ministry of Agriculture Rural Affairs Secretariat brought down the curtains on its Kitchen Garden competition with the announcement of the winners on Friday. Seventy gardens were judged and the overall winners are in first place Frank Moore from Region 10 while…
– weather and climate monitoring and prediction to be expanded (Hydromet Department Release) Guyana is significantly vulnerable to natural disasters caused by Hydrometeorological phenomena, such as floods, thunderstorms and droughts. This vulnerability urges the Guyanese government to be equipped with a real-time monitoring, prediction and prevention of weather-related risks system to better respond to…
Several former sugar workers of the Wales estate have expressed thanks to NICIL for affording them lands so that they can do farming. The workers who were all terminated when the Wales estate closed, said that they turned to farming recognizing that with sugar no longer profitable it was time…
―Oil and gas sector among new stakeholders A two-day workshop is being hosted by the Pesticides and Toxic Chemicals Control Board (PTCCB), to review and strengthen Guyana’s management of chemicals and update the list of Persistent Organic Pollutants. This exercise comes as the country recently received funding from the…
Second highest production on record Highest production for Region 6 With a final count of 1,049,874 metric tonnes (mt) of paddy, just 8,254 tonnes short of the 2015 record production of 1,058,128 mt. 2019 stands as the second highest rice producing year to date. Guyana managed to produce this record…
12% increase in volume; 20% increase in value The Guyana Rice Development Board’s 2019 export report has revealed that US$222.7 million was earned through the export of rice to more than 35 countries in that year alone. The export value for 2019 represents an increase of 20% when compared…
It is my firm belief that it is important for everyone to be aware of the fact that agriculture is currently the world’s leading employer and plays a vital role in the livelihood of 40% of its population. In Guyana, we are fortunate to have an agriculture sector that is…
