The Ministry of Agriculture had requested and received assistance for support to conduct Monitoring Control and Surveillance (MCS) activities within Guyana’s marine fisheries sector to ensure that operators of all categories of fishing vessels are in compliance with the laws and regulations governing the sector. These activities will be supported…
Today the Government of Guyana through the Ministry of Agriculture signed a Port of State Measures Agreement (PSMA) with the United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), which will see Guyana benefiting from immediate implementations to prevent, deter and eliminate illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing in Guyana’s waters. The project,…
The Pesticides and Toxic Chemicals Control Board today continued its campaign to educate farmers and members of communities across Guyana on the safe handling and storage of pesticides, with another well attended seminar at no.47 village, Corentyne, Berbice. Over the past two years the Pesticide Board has been educating farmers…
A two-member World Bank team is in Guyana to monitor the progress of the East Demerara Water Conservancy’s (EDWC) adaptation project. Team leader Armando Guzman, and Hydrology Specialist, Isabella Bovolo told the Government Information Agency (GINA) that they are here as a follow- up to phase one of the project….
The Cunha Canal project which will be funded at a cost of over US $3M and which will greatly benefit residents and farmers on the East Bank Demerara, will soon commence. The project is to be executed by the Ministry of Agriculture through the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA)…
