The Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) has announced an increase in paddy prices paid to farmers for the 2017 second crop. This increase comes in wake of farmers’ decrying the high production cost of plying their trade. General Manager (ag) of the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB), Ms. Allison Peters…
Region ten has been touted as being vital to the agricultural development and diversification of Guyana and the Caribbean, by President David Granger, as he addressed attendees at the World Food Day exhibition and food expo. Describing the Upper Demerara – Berbice Region as bigger than Jamaica, occupying 12% of…
The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) is examining programmes targeted towards redundant employees and communities affected by the downsizing of the sugar industry. Public Relations Officer of GuySuCo, Audreyanna Thomas, said the corporation has developed an alternative livelihood programme targeted to workers who will be affected by the transition to scaled-down…
The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) is making moves to reduce its dependency on government’s subvention as it begins reorganising for downsized operations. “Profitability at the end of 2020 may not be. What we are looking to do is to become cash positive. By 2020 we are hoping to stop our…
The Ministry of Agriculture in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) today launched the Steering Committee Meeting at the Ministry’s boardroom, Regent Street. According to the Permanent Secretary (ag), Joylyn Nestor-Burrowes the Agriculture Ministry and the FAO with funding from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) will conduct an…
The Guyana Marketing Cooperation has seen increased interest in its services after hosting its first open day last year. This year, the company is seeking to generate even more interest as it hosts its second open day. On Friday, the GMC had an information booth outside the Guyana Market Shop…
During the second session of the Guyana Business Summit 2017, which was organized by the Private Sector Commission in collaboration with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), government made a call for collaboration with the private sector community to lower Guyana’s food import bill. This was conveyed by Agriculture Minister, Noel…
With government placing major emphasis on gaining more markets for Guyana’s rice, the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) is pushing for the release of 15 new strands of aromatic rice varieties which is currently undergoing a testing phase. During the Rice Board’s annual Farmers’ Open Day the potential of the…
