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With the aim of building resilience and sustainable livelihood through mainstreaming Disaster Risk Management/ Disaster Risk Reduction in Guyana’s agriculture sector, representatives from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the Civil Defence Commission (CDC) and the Ministry of Agriculture today…

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The Ministry of Agriculture with the aim of pushing agro processing and diversification in Guyana today facilitated Amy’s Pomeroon Foods Inc.  coffee tasting exercise in the compound of the Ministry of Agriculture. The activity saw a number of persons sampling the premium grade coffee made locally in Guyana. Since its…

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Chief Executive Officer  of the Guyana Livestock Development Authority (GLDA), Nigel Cumberbatch, said that dairy farmers and government’s social services can benefit from the establishment of a dairy plant. Minister of Agriculture, Noel Holder recently disclosed that the establishment of a dairy plant is among the options being looked at…

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  “Awakening a Sleeping Giant”.  This is the theme of Guyana’s very first Coconut Festival that will be staged during Agriculture Month this year.   Stakeholders in the neighbouring Republic of Suriname have signalled their full support for the Guyana Coconut Festival scheduled for October 28 to 30 at the Arthur Chung Convention Centre.   Guyanese…

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Water continues to drain off the land in the affected communities of Region Five. Pumps installed by the Mahaica Mahaicony Abary/Agricultural Development Authority (MMA/ADA) and the National Drainage Irrigation Authority (NDIA) have been working around the clock. Several tractor and hydraulic pumps have also been installed to drain the affected…

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