The National Agricultural Research and Extension Institute (NAREI) recently acquired over 1,000 breadfruit seedlings to increase production of the plant, locally. The expansion in production is in keeping with government’s agenda of creating a green economy, Dr. Oudho Homenauth, NAREI’s Chief Executive Officer said. Dr. Homenauth, during an interview with…
Analysis of Farming Systems
The Hydromet Department’s Ozone Unit recently signed a GUY $ 2,000,000 contract with a consultant to commence a national survey on the use of Hydrofluoro Carbons (HFC). Guyana is actively phasing out Hydrochlorofluoro Carbons (HCFCs) and has a deadline of 2030 to completely phase out these Ozone Depleting substances (ODS)….
Several persons are scheduled to begin training as part of the Ministry of Agriculture’s efforts to provide better services within the sector. An estimated 44% increase has been awarded to the Hydromet Department to add to its training budget for 2016 from the national coffers. Later this month, Mr. Syeb…
Guyana is set to become the first Caribbean country to be a part of the Competitive Fund for Technical Cooperation (FonTc) Bio-inputs Agricultural Project, funded by the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA). The project is aimed at developing the institutional framework for commercial bio-inputs for agricultural use. It…
Ways to cook Vegetables- Part 2
Officials of the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) have been working round-the-clock to tackle the recent events of paddy bug infestation in Region Two, compared to what was released in the media of the GRDB’s non-involvement. Field visits were conducted by extension officers of the GRDB, apart from a daily…
The contractions for the first half of 2016 for the Agriculture Ministry are as a result of the impacts the sector faced due to El Nino, which could have seen famers more negatively affected had it not been for financial injection by the sector agencies. El Nino impacts, despite nothing…
