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Guyana has the answer to CARICOM food security – President Granger at opening of Parika farm to market roads
President David Granger said, today, at the official opening ceremony of two Farm to Market Roads in Parika, Essequibo Islands-West Demerara (Region 3), that Guyana’s abundance of land and freshwater supplies for agricultural purposes places it an enviable position to take advantage of the increased demand for food globally and…
Scenes from the Opening Ceremony of the Farm to Market Access Road commissioning at Parika/Ruby
Integration of East Demerara sugar estates set for completion by second crop
The process of integrating the Guyana Sugar Corporation’s (GuySuCo), La Bonne Intention (LBI) and Enmore estates is set to be completed by the beginning of the second crop scheduled to start later this month. Chief Executive Officer of the corporation, Errol Hanoman, told the Government Information Agency (GINA) recently that,…
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Additional pumps redeployed- as some Region Five communities again flooded
Several Region Five communities are again flooded as a result of heavy rainfall over the past few days. The areas include Bushlot, Golden Grove, Lovely Lass, Onverwagt, Trafalgar and Tempe. Frederick Flatts, Chief Executive Officer (ag) of the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) said that apart from the rainfall,…
Impact of climate change on agricultural production highlighted -US$300,000 Japanese grant received
The impact of Disaster Risk Management (DRM) in Guyana was further highlighted with the official launching of the Building Resilience and Sustainable Livelihood: Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Management/Disaster Risk Reduction (DRM/DRR) project in the Agriculture Sector in Guyana. The US$300,000 project which is funded by the Japan Government with supervision of…