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Rice industry has fared well despite El Nino effects – GRDB General Manager
General Manager of the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB), Nizam Hassan said that of the projected 91,072 hectares for the first rice crop, 61 percent or 47,000 hectares has been harvested. “We are looking good in terms 0f the overall yield notwithstanding that El Nino has had an effect on production……
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Coconut industry presents opportunity for agro-processors
Guyana has been promoting the coconut sector as an industry to capture the array of products including coconut water, virgin coconut oil, activated carbon and crafts that could be competitively produced. This was related by Dr. Oudho Homenauth, Chief Executive Officer of the National Agricultural Research & Extension Institute (NAREI),…
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Agriculture Minister steadfast on restoring dairy industry
Agriculture minister Noel Holder today met with a team from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) to further discuss IDB’s willingness to provide assistance in funding agricultural projects in the Intermediate Savannahs. As part of the mandate to push agriculture as a business and develop agricultural practices in the interior regions…
Approval of contracts in accordance with GRDB Act
-says GRDB, General Manager The process of selecting possible markets have and continues to be a transparent process carried out by the Guyana Rice Development Board. General Manager, Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) Mr. Nizam Hassan in an invited comment maintained that the GRDB has never acted outside of the…