─ residents optimistic that the breached embankment will be sealed ─ CDC intensifies distribution of cleaning supplies When the spring tides hit again on Friday last, residents in the Dantzig to Fairfield communities in Mahaicony braced themselves for the barreling waves to hit the foreshore. Many commended the pace…
─ Min. Adams-Yearwood delivers water pump, seeds farming gear Minister within the Ministry of Agriculture, with responsibility for Rural Affairs, Hon. Valerie Adams-Yearwood today, visited and distributed a water pump, farming equipment and seeds to the residents of Moco Moco Settlement Agriculture and Marketing Cooperative Society in the Upper…
Minister within the Ministry of Agriculture, Valerie Adams-Yearwood, on Friday October 25th, hosted a farmers’ symposium with several farmers from various villages in Region Nine. The event, which took place in the boardroom of the Regional Democratic Council’s office, was part of the first day of the Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo’s…
As the adage goes, ‘Good health and good sense are two of life’s greatest blessing’ – a sentiment shared by the staff of the Ministry of Agriculture who recently benefitted from a Health Fair on Thursday, October 24. The event was hosted in the ministry’s compound. It was a joint…
The Pesticides and Toxic Chemical Control Laboratory was re-commissioned on Thursday. The fully equipped, $320M facility, located at the National Agricultural Research and Extension Institute (NAREI) Compound, Mon Repos; will serve as a backbone to the inspection and certification of activities required to meet international standards. In his opening remarks,…
– first-ever facility in the country – ensuring UN SDG#6 Guyanese are set to benefit from the country’s first newly commissioned water quality testing laboratory. The $83M facility was officially opened by Minister of Agriculture, Hon. Noel Holder at the Hydrometeorological Service office on Brickdam. The laboratory will monitor,…
Minister within the Ministry of Agriculture Hon. Valerie Adams-Yearwood said the Ministry’s Fisheries Department is poised to propel the agricultural sector. The minister’s comments followed four presentations on research in the fisheries department at the ministry’s boardroom today. Minister Adams-Yearwood said the demonstrations were a first-time feature of Agriculture Month,…
Thank you for joining us in celebrating World Food Day. We take the opportunity to join with our international partner, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) to focus on, “Our Actions are our future, Healthy Diets for a #ZeroHungerWorld,” as health problems related to malnutrition is…
