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GLDA confiscates dogs which entered Guyana illegally -calls on Guyanese to be responsible to avoid spread of disease
Officials at the Guyana Livestock Development Authority (GLDA) last evening confiscated several dogs which entered Guyana illegally, breaching the authority’s quarantine regulations. Such an act remains a serious one, as it can pose grave health threats to the nation at large; as some animals are often exposed to diseases which…
Agriculture Ministry ramps up efforts to increase land rates at MMA/ADA
The Ministry of Agriculture is intensifying efforts to increase land rates, and to recoup billions of dollars outstanding for land rates and irrigation fees owed to the Mahaica, Mahaicony Abary Agriculture Development Authority (MMA/ADA). Information emanating from the Ministry of Agriculture indicates that a white paper seeking Cabinet’s approval to…
Farmers’ field school promotes crop diversification – sweet potato, cassava, pumpkin targeted
The Ministry of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Research and Extension Institute (NAREI) is encouraging farmers to engage in nontraditional crop production as it continues to promote its Agricultural Diversification Project (ADP) across the regions. NAREI recently took its farmers’ field school to cassava and sweet potato farmers in Parika, East Bank…