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Farmers Monthly Weather Bulletin- April, 2017
Sugar workers’ payments up-to-date

Senior officials of the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) have confirmed that estate workers across the country have received their salaries for the week ending April 8, 2017. The Government Information Agency (GINA) was made to understand that there was no need for workers to strike since Cabinet had approved $1B…
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Private Sector show added interest in the sugar industry – as the East Berbice Dev. Association calls on the Agri. Minister

The future of the sugar industry is given priority and even as government advances its divestment plan- which incorporates dairy production and seed paddy production among others, private sector bodies are now expressing interest in the management of the industry. Members of the East Berbice Development Association today met and…
Irish Potato Pilot project showing favourable progress

The 90-day potato trial project is currently in its eighth week and showing positive results. The National Agricultural Research and Extension Institute (NAREI) and the World University Services of Canada, Caribbean, (Guyana) Incorporated, collaborated to cultivate five different varieties of Irish potatoes on a quarter-acre plot in Little Biaboo, Mahaicony…