Dozens of farmers, consumers and other stakeholders of the agricultural sector converged on Jubilee Square, Homestretch Avenue from as early as six hours today to participate in a Market Day. The event was coordinated by the Guyana Marketing Corporation (GMC) and involved the participation of several agencies under the Ministry…
New Catalogue
The Inter-American Board of Agriculture (IABA) on Thursday October 26, 2017 elected Dr. Manuel Otero as the Director General of Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) during the 19th Regular Meeting of the Inter-American Board of Agriculture (IABA) – the Institute’s highest governing body, in San Jose, Costa Rica….
The Pesticides and Toxic Chemicals Control Board (PTCCB) and several other agencies attached to the Ministry of Agriculture today honoured students, long-serving staff members and retirees as part of Agriculture month activities. Students were awarded for their participation in the “Pesticides Awareness in Secondary Schools” competition organised by the Pesticides…
The Guyana Swine Producers Association says government’s $20 million investment in high-quality swine breeders has paid off. The investment was made through the Ministry of Agriculture. Chairman of the Association, Eric Anderson says the acquisition and importation of approximately one hundred Topigs 40 from neighbouring Suriname in early 2016, has…
President David Granger has called for stakeholders in the country’s agricultural sector to become innovative and engage in technology driven agro-processing. The president, at the time addressing World Food Day observances in the Mining Town of Linden, said the time has come for local agro-processors to capitalise on the large…
Linden, Region Ten, located some 67 miles from Georgetown, will reap the benefits of an approximately $20M drainage and irrigation upgrade, undertaken by the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA). NDIA is an agency of the Ministry of Agriculture. It is tasked with maintaining the integrity of Drainage and Irrigation…
The Guyana Marketing Corporation (GMC) celebrated its 5th anniversary with the launch of an ‘Agro-processors Catalogue’ on Friday. The catalogue features all of the locally produced items that are sold by the Guyana Marketing Corporation via the Guyana Shop, along with the contact information of the suppliers. The GMC’s Guyana Shop…
