Category: NEWS
Guyana Marketing Corporation in collaboration with the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) hosted Agro-processing Seminar in Linden
The Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) through Guyana Marketing Corporation (GMC); in collaboration with the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry held an Agro-processing Seminar on Tuesday, January 31, 2017 at the Egbert Benjamin Exhibition & Conference Centre. More than ninety persons including potential and current Agro-processors attended the seminar. In…
Bird Strike Committee holds meeting to develop aviation safety sensitization campaign
As Guyana continues to implement measures to improve safety in the aviation sector, the Bird Strike Committee today held a meeting to discuss ways in which they can further advise poultry and other livestock farmers on proper disposal techniques of dead animal and animal waste. The meeting was held at…
Cunha Canal Rehabilitation Project launched
The US$3.2M Cunha Canal rehabilitation project has been launched and is expected to begin almost immediately. The project is to be executed by the Ministry of Agriculture through the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) and will be administered by the World Bank. The project is being funded through the…
“Guyana Set to Launch Revised Food Based Dietary Guidelines”
A revision of the food based dietary guidelines for Guyana (FBDGs) got underway on Tuesday, January 31st, with a stakeholder mapping workshop at the Regency Suites. The workshop which was jointly organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Food Policy Division of the…
Agriculture Minister, Noel Holder’s speech for the Launching of the Cunha Canal Rehabilitation Project at Land of Canaan, E.B.D.
Mr. Chairman Colleague Ministers Madam Regional Chair of Region 4 Chairman of the Caledonia/Good Success NDC Executive Director of the World Bank, Christine Hogan Senior Country Officer of the World Bank Pierre Nadji Coordinator, Project Management Unit, Ministry of the Presidency, Nikolaus Oudkerk Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture Members of…
First crop rice production targets likely to be surpassed
Rice production for the first crop in 2017 is expected to surpass 220,000 acres. This is according to the Extension Manager of the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB), Kuldip Ragnauth. He said the first projection was for 210,000 acres. Ragnauth told the Government Information Agency (GINA), that based on sowing…
Egypt Non-Resident Ambassador calls on Agriculture Minister
Egypt Non-Resident Ambassador, H.E Mr. Alaaeldin Wagih Roushdy, today paid a Courtesy Call on Minister of Agriculture, Noel Holder at the Boardroom of the Ministry of Agriculture. During the meeting between the two officials, a number of areas for possible collaboration were discussed. “We will be exploring the possibilities of…