The Guyana Livestock Development Authority (GLDA), with financial assistance from the Agriculture Sector Development Unit (ASDU), imported two Tempo Boars to aid its Genetic Improvement Programme. The Tempo breed is fairly new to Guyana, after first being introduced in 2016 by the National Swine Producers’ Association and the Ministry of…
Constraints affecting Caribbean Agriculture
The twenty-eighth Inter-sessional meeting of CARICOM heads of Government was recently held at the Marriott Hotel. During this meeting, the Guyana Marketing Corporation was privileged to have a booth containing fresh fruits and vegetable and our some locally manufactured Agro-processed products on display at the Marriott Hotel Guyana. Heads of…
The Role and Importance of Agriculture in the Caribbean
Sustainable Development of Agriculture in the Caribbean
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Guyana, in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture organisation (FAO), is hosting a two- day workshop, focusing on mainstreaming Disaster Risk Management/Disaster Risk Reduction (DRM/DRR) in the local agriculture sector. A group of extension and field officers representing various stakeholder ministries and agencies…
Inclusive governance is a prerequisite to development and with this in mind the Ministry of Agriculture has initiated a number of policy initiatives which fosters such development within the industry. As part of the wider plan, Agriculture Minister, Noel Holder, on Friday last held dialogue with Region Two rice farmers…
