Agriculture Minister, Hon. Zulfikar Mustapha on Saturday revealed that his ministry through the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) will commence construction of a sluice at Highbury on the East Bank of the Berbice River. The minister made this disclosure during a meeting with residents and farmers from Korthberaadt and…
Diversifying the agriculture sector and increasing crop production is a top the priority of government and with the vast savannahs of Region Nine, rice production is being expanded. Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha in a recent interview with the Department of Public Information said, “Places like Kumu, Moco Moco and Deep…
As Guyana embarks on an aggressive food security drive, the government is now looking to ramp up black-eye peas cultivation on 1,000 acres of land in Region One (Barima-Waini), which could eventually supply the CARICOM market. Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha made the disclosure on Monday on the sidelines of…
The Ministry of Agriculture will be rolling out the Black Belly Sheep programme shortly as 850 of the livestock have been received to date. This was disclosed by Minister, Zulfikar Mustapha during an interview on the sidelines of an event on Monday. Guyana recently received an additional 300 sheep from…
On Monday, thirty (30) small and medium-scale farmers from Region Four (Demerara–Mahaica) received inputs to boost their productions totalling some $3.3 million. This was made possible through funding from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) under Component Two of the Ministry of Agriculture’s Sustainable Agriculture Development Programme (SADP). Under Component Two…
More than 200 farmers of Karaudarnau Village, Region Nine, will now experience a boost in their income with the commissioning of a $14 million agro-processing facility. The food processing plant will allow farmers to add value to their produce including peanuts that are being cultivated within the community, which will…
The Ministry of Agriculture has received a quantity of finger and barnyard millet seeds from the Government of India, as Guyana advances its efforts towards cultivating the crop locally. Minister, Zulfikar Mustapha received the millet seeds from the outgoing Indian High Commissioner to Guyana, Dr K J Srinivasa at a…
As part of this year’s activities for International Day for the Conservation of Mangrove Ecosystems, the Ministry of Agriculture’s National Agriculture Research and Extension Institute (NAREI) in collaboration with Environmental Management Consultants (EMC) Foundation, hosted a mangrove odyssey to bring awareness of the importance of mangroves. The event took place…
