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…
Several hundred students from across the country today benefitted from open day activities hosted by four of the country’s leading agricultural agencies. At Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara, students were hosted to information sessions and tours at the Guyana School of Agriculture (GSA), the National Agriculture Research and Extension Institute…
Guyana is one step closer to producing locally manufactured fish food. Efforts toward this end are being spearheaded by the Ministry of Agriculture, Satyadeow Sawh Aquaculture station at Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara (ECD.) Fisheries Officer, Nieketa Dookie said that the production of fish food from local inputs is one of…
Efforts to boost agricultural production in the Upper Demerara–Berbice Region are continuing as Agriculture month activities continue across the country. In remarks at World Food Day observances held at the Bayrock ground in the Region Ten community of Linden under the theme, “Change the face of Migration; invest in food…
The issue of Praedial Larceny and its negative impact on local farmers was the focus of a workshop held at the Guyana Livestock Development Authority (GLDA) headquarters in Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara. The GLDA, Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Law Enforcement from Jamaica and…
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…
