The Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) has revealed that export figures for 2017 have surpassed 2016 and are expected to surpass that of 2015. Exports for 2016 stood at 500,000, while as of December 18, 2017, exports were recorded at 535,843 tonnes with a value of about US$200,000,000. General Manager…
Forty employees of Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) graduated from a five-day training course in Catering and Sewing. The training course, conducted by the Ruimveldt Life Improvement Centre, will equip workers from the Enmore Sugar Estate with the necessary skills for alternative employment following their redundancy come December 29, 2017. Enmore…
Agriculture students from the New Amsterdam Multilateral, Hope Secondary and President’s College were given the opportunity to observe various coconut cultivation practices during a tour of the Hope coconut estate on Thursday. The educational trip was part of the Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute’s (CARDI) open day exercise. CARDI’s…
As the debates for the National 2018 Budget continue, Region Ten Member of Parliament (MP), Jermaine Figueria defended the government’s commitment to the workers of Guyana, more specifically those of the Guyana Sugar Co-operation (GuySuCo.) MP Figueria, rebutted statements made by Opposition MP Komal Chand, who claimed that the 2018…
Minister of Agriculture, Noel Holder said today that the country’s framework for governing the sugar industry has to evolve in order to reduce vulnerabilities, resolve institutional and legacy issues and diversify away from sugar to more sustainable industries. In his address to the National Assembly, the Agriculture Minister said since…
The $6.3 billion budgetary allocation to the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) for 2018 will go towards the restructuring process and keeping three identified sugar estates alive, Chairman of the Board Dr. Clive Thomas has said. As GuySuCo continues on the path towards diversification and self-sufficiency, the multi-billion allocation will be…
Minister of Agriculture Noel Holder today said Climate Change adaptation is of urgent concern to Guyana and the Caribbean region and called for more preparedness to counter the effects of increased disasters, resulting from predicted growing changes and variability in climate. Delivering brief remarks to the 2017 Dry-season Caribbean Climate…
The local overall rice production is expected to increase as predicted by the end of the year. Minister of Finance, Winston Jordan disclosed that the rice industry is expected to record an output of 602,087 tonnes for 2017. This will serve as a 12.7 percent increase as compared to output…
