Minister of Agriculture, Noel Holder, on Friday visited two mangrove restoration sites on the East Coast of Demerara – Better Hope and Mon Repos. These two sites are among the success stories of natural restoration. Whilst acknowledging the impressive works done by the Mangroves Department of the Mangrove Restoration Project,…
The Caribbean Agricultural Extension Providers Network (CAEPNET) has recognized the works of Guyana Rice Development Board’s (GRDB) Extension Officer, Rishal Ramsarran as the Extension Officer of Excellence within the Caribbean. The recognition was made by Dr. Norma Samuel at the recently held annual Caribbean Food Crops meeting. Rishal Ramsarran, who…
A high profile seminar on agricultural policies in the Caribbean was held at the Hotel Royal Torarica in Paramaribo, Suriname by the Environment, Rural Development, and Disaster Risk Management Division of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) on Tuesday, July 25, 2017. The objective of the seminar which concluded on Tuesday…
Two additional structures have been included for the mangrove restoration project in Region Two, which will be located at the Land of Plenty/ Three Friends and Reliance. The contracts for the construction of the additional structures have been advertised and will be evaluated within another two weeks. Chief Executive Officer…
Since 1960 the Board of Industrial Training (BIT) had partnered with the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) to make the Apprenticeship programme, a success. The programme seeks to enable persons to gain the technical competencies in numerous fields such as electrician, mechanic, machinist among others. BIT is an initiative under the…
Rice farmers in Wakenaam, Region Three will be paid all of the outstanding monies owed to them by Friday July 21. This was revealed by the General Manager Acting, of the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB), Allison Peters who also told the Department of Public Information (DPI) that they will…
A concerted effort has been launched by the Ministry of Agriculture to promote investments opportunities in Guyana’s intermediate savannahs, part of a two-pronged approach aimed at dealing with climate change and its effects on agriculture here. Agriculture Minister Noel Holder and a team of officials from key agencies, made a…
