As of May 7, the rice industry has harvested 86 percent of its 2018 production. This is equivalent to 75,137 hectares of the 87,538 hectares sown and is a significant increase in production from 310,748 tonnes earlier in the year to 448,926 tonnes. General Manager of the Guyana Rice Development…
Farmers and residents of New Friendship-Vigilance on the East Coast of Demerara will now benefit from a new $240M drainage pump station that was commissioned today. Addressing the gathering at the ceremony the East Coast of Demerara, Minister of Agriculture, Noel Holder said “the Ministry of Agriculture, remains committed to…
The online training is free of cost and will be available at the Institute’s virtual campus as of 28 May. San José, 3 May 2018 (IICA). On 28 May, the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture will launch the English version of the “Programa de capacitación Bayer para la facilitación del localg.a.p” course (Bayer…
In the event of any animal disease outbreak, it is commendable for countries to always have a plan/strategy and an amount of preparedness in order to respond. In an effort to garnish the relevant stakeholders with requisite knowledge on foot and mouth disease, so as to prepare them for any…
Rawle Medford, a young farmer from Philippi Village, East Berbice-Corenytne on April 26 reaped the single largest crop of onions in Guyana. Medford harvested some 450 pounds of the Mercedes variety of onions from six beds, with three beds yet to be harvested. This will eventually take the total to approximately…
EXPORTERS and the Guyana Marketing Corporation (GMC) have committed to establish, normalise and sustain a successful exporters’ association in Guyana. Towards this end, the Guyana Non-Traditional Agriculture Exporters Association (GNTAEA), has resuscitated its body with the recent election of new members, which was conducted at the Central Packaging Facility, Sophia…
After seven years of working on the new paddy variety – “GRDB 15”, the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) has officially released its fifteenth paddy variety. The new type of paddy holds several positive characteristics which could see the rice industry benefiting in a number of ways. As compared to…
The top weather forecast man at Guyana’s Hydrometeorological Department is calling for closer collaboration between stakeholders to improve the weather forecast services. Chief Hydromet Officer (ag), Dr. Garvin Cummings said that the services that are provided by the Hydrometeorological Department is intended to meet the demands of those in the…
