A permanent Livestock Extension Officer of the Guyana Livestock Development Authority (GLDA) has been assigned to Region 8 (Pataro-Siparuni) to address the issue of proper animal husbandry. This development comes at a critical juncture in wake of a recent spate of high poultry mortality, which was brought to the attention…
The Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) is encouraging more millers to become licensed for the year 2018. Currently, only twenty-three (23), of the fifty-nine (59) mills licensed last year, are licensed for this year. Failure to do so will result in prevention of export on the Government of Guyana’s contracts….
The expected surpass in paddy production for the first quarter of 2018 can be credited to many factors, namely, good weather conditions, husbandry and management practices in the field, quality seed paddy, pests and disease control, drainage and irrigation, and notably efficient monitoring and communication between farmers and the Guyana…
With reports of higher yields from farmer’s paddy cultivation, over five hundred and thirty thousand (530,000) tonnes of paddy is projected to be produced. This is up nine percent from the 488,833 tonnes that were projected for the first crop of 2018. With 51,280 hectares of the 87,539 hectares sown,…
Members of the Corentyne Youth Farmers Corp Society will soon benefit from much needed drainage works which will allow them to harvest two crops per year. During an outreach earlier today to Corentyne, Berbice, Agriculture Minister Noel Holder, who was accompanied by Junior Finance Minister, Jaipaul Sharma and other officials,…
The Guyana Livestock Development Authority (GLDA), through the successful implementation of its Genetic Improvement Program, has been making invaluable contributions to the development of the swine and small ruminant sector. Through the introduction of several programmes to redesign and re-establish the sector, farmers have the opportunity to better appeal to…
The Ministry of Agriculture, through the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) and the Agriculture Sector Development Unit (ASDU), has heightened its flood prevention efforts in preparation for the upcoming May/June rainy season. These efforts are being achieved through the construction and instillation of several drainage and irrigation structures in…
A group of investors are eyeing Guyana’s arable lands to invest in Oil Palm cultivation. Today, a team of investors from Agro Atlantic (Guyana) Inc. called on Agriculture Minister, Noel Holder in his Regent and Shiv Chanderpaul Drive office to discuss the prospects of Oil Palm in Guyana. The Minister…
