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$21.5M contracts inked to improve river defence

The National Agricultural Research and Extension Institute (NAREI) on Wednesday inked two contracts totaling $21.5M with S&K Construction Services to improve river defence on the coastland. A total of 265 metres of brushwood dam would be constructed along the foreshore of Walton Hall, Essequibo Coast, Region Two. This project costing…
Minister Holder was named Vice President of the 17th Inter-American Ministerial meeting on Health and Agriculture
Agri. Minister underscores Guyana’s efforts at improving sustainable agriculture -during ministerial meeting on Health and Agriculture

Food safety, the control of diseases transmitted from animals to humans, antimicrobial resistance and other, and other “One Health” issues related to public and veterinary health were at the top of the agenda, discussed by leaders of the Region of the Americas today in Asuncion, Paraguay. Held under the theme…
The 17th Inter-American Ministerial meeting on Health and Agriculture in Asuncion, Paraguay
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Ministers Holder, Norton leave for Paraguay for Ministerial meeting on health, agriculture

The nexus between animal health and public health, in its diverse eco-systems, is fully expressed in the concept of One Health, which emphasises the need for good governance among all sectors and actors involved, by preventing and mitigating the risks generated at the interface between people, animals and the environment….