The Guyana Sugar Corporation Inc. (GuySuCo) is poised to achieve its production target for the year 2018 which is 103, 000 tonnes of sugar. As at 12 December, 2018, 100,485 tonnes of sugar has been produced for the year. This is in excess of 12,000 tonnes more than what was…
–MOU will cater for training of students from both entities to become agricultural entrepreneurs The Kuru Kuru Cooperative College and the Guyana School of Agriculture will soon forge collaboration in the area of value added, which will see assistance being given to the College in establishing its Agro-processing Plant…
(Source:DPI) – $17B for Ministry of Agriculture Minister of Agriculture, Noel Holder says the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) will take responsibility for the maintenance of the primary drainage infrastructure in Georgetown. This was announced as the Committee of Supplies of the National Assembly today approved more…
(Source:DPI) Fifty-seven participants have graduated from a two-week aquaculture course facilitated by the Chinese government. Their enthusiasm was applauded by the Councilor of the Chinese Embassy in Guyana, Chen Xilai, in his closing remarks at the ceremony. The course came to an end on Monday following exercises which saw…
-GRDB calls the plot by Seeraj ‘desperate’ Rice farmers on the Essequibo Coast are telling a different story to the one told in Parliament on Thursday last by Rice Producer Association, General Secretary, Dharamkumar Seeraj in relation to failed-Seed paddy. Head of the Rice Farmers Association of Region 2, Mr….
(Source:DPI) – shown how to correctly transport live fish, – conduct water testing for air and foreign particles Their course ends within the next week, and by that time, the fifty-six participants of the 2018 “Overseas Training Course on Aquaculture Technology, would be able to fully operate their own small-scale…
(Source:DPI) – payments follow court ruling – workers satisfied Over 300 retrenched workers from the Wales Estate on Friday turned out to receive the last of their severance payments following the court ruling on December 5, 2018. Minister of Agriculture Noel Holder during his 2019 Budget presentation had explained that…
– as GRDB debunks claims of failed germination of Seed Paddy in Region 2 The Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) has slammed an Inews Guyana report in which the General Secretary of the Rice Producers Association, Dharamkumar Seeraj has told the National Assembly that farmers had complained of failed…
