The Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) today announced that research is pointing to a possible release of a new variety of rice by 2018. This announcement was made during the annual Farmers’ Field Day which was held at the Burma Rice Research Station, Burma, East Coast Demerara. Extension Manager, Mr….
Types of Potatoes
Varieties of Coconut (part 2)
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…
Varieties of Coconut (part 1)
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…
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…
