(Source:DPI) – facility will increase drainage coefficient in Buxton/Friendship – capacity to drain 1200 gallons of water per second – 859 households to benefit More than 5,000 residents, including some 100 farmers, will now sleep easier during the rainy season. This is as a result of a $376.9M pump station at…
(Source:DPI) – final severance paid as promised Retrenched sugar workers on Friday collected their final severance payment even as many of them have adapted to life after GuySuCo. On Friday the government kept its promise to pay out the remaining fifty percent of severance to those receiving amounts over…
-Brazilian investors outline blueprint for establishment of 3-phase mega farm beginning early 2019 Guyana is poised for once again becoming the bread basket of the Caribbean and further afield as plans are afoot to partner with a group of Brazilian investors for an industrialization of agriculture plan. This investment plan…
(Source:DPI) – Guyana, China partner for 2nd Aquaculture Technology Training Course – Participants include farmers and students Farmers from across Guyana; namely Regions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 9, along with students and other private sectors partners, on Wednesday, began training in Aquaculture Technology. This exercise…
(Source:DPI) – Initiative will ensure the reduction in the importation of meat – compliance with international standards for meat processing The government has promised that new opportunities to come in 2019 that will be of great benefit to local farmers. According to Finance Minister, Winston Jordan, the administration…
(Source:DPI) – $17BILLION allocated to sector – restructuring of GuySuCo and the recapitalisation of estates, among other measures to be used Of the $300.7Billion budget presented in the National Assembly on Monday, the Agriculture Ministry has been allocated $17Billion, to execute its mandate for the fiscal year 2019….
– 9th Beekeeping Congress opens at GSA The Guyana Apiculture Society (GAS) on Monday officially declared open the first session of the 9th Beekeeping Congress in the auditorium of the Guyana School of Agriculture, Mon Repos. The bi-annual congress, which being held under the theme ‘Beekeeping for a Green Caribbean’…
The Pesticides and Toxic Chemicals Control (PTCCB) Board has recently denied the registration of “Zenden Mosquito Coil”. This denial prohibits import, distribution, sale and use of the Mosquito Coil in Guyana. The illegally imported Chinese mosquito coils have been an area of focus for the authority for quite some time….
