An all-female farmers’ group in Woodley Park, Region Five, consisting of approximately 30 women earn their livelihood through planting celery and eshallot (shallot), and marketing them from their yards. The women’s group afforded staff of the Government Information Agency (GINA) the opportunity to look at farming areas and get an…
Improving Caribbean seafood safety
How climate change is affecting crops
Three hundred and eighty nine (389) sugar workers who have been affected by the Wales Sugar estate transition process received finalised severance pay cheques today. The workers who received pay are those who were noted to be redundant and employed by the Wales sugar estate. A ministerial team consisting of…
The revitalization of the Coconut Industry is paramount and remains on the top of Government’s developmental agenda for the industry. As such, efforts are being made to ensure the development of the industry by making available quality seedlings to farmers’. Agriculture Minister, Hon. Noel Holder, facilitated a Partnership Agreement between…
Soil Formation (cont’d)
Soil Science
The 2017 figures for the first crop of paddy have shown that Guyana’s rice industry is progressing as opposed to claims made that the industry is failing. Extension Manager at the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) Mr. Kuldip Ragnauth has indicated that rice production figures are expected to be higher…
