Several projects will be undertaken by the National Agricultural Research and Extension Institute (NAREI), this year that will boost infrastructure to prevent flooding. The institute’s Mangrove Restoration Project received a $25M boost from the government in the 2016 National Budget. This money will be expended on the restoration and management of natural coastline…
The Ministry of Agriculture’s, National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA), is currently tendering for the rehabilitation of the access road for the Ebini Agriculture Station along with the construction of three timber bridges and the installation of High-Density Polyethylene (HDPE) pipe culverts. These projects are estimated at a cost of $42.8M. A compulsory pre-bid…
-IICA’s County Strategy, key agricultural priorities to be discussed Agriculture Minister Hon. Noel Holder has departed Guyana today for Costa Rica on official government business to discuss Agricultural priorities among the two countries. Among the discussions to be held, the team during the next five days, will also have discussions…
Guyana Rice Development Board held consultations with farmers and farmers’ representatives towards the end of the second rice crop in 2015, with the aim of assisting farmers with reducing production costs of growing paddy. Following the decision by Venezuela to stop importing rice and paddy from Guyana, millers were…
The strategic objectives of the support services of the GRDB.
Opening Ceremony – Fourteenth Meeting of the Caribbean Fisheries Forum Hon. Noel Holder, Minister of Agriculture Ramada Georgetown Princess, Guyana 7- 8 April 2016 Mr. Chairperson, colleagues, ladies and gentlemen, it is a pleasure for me to be asked to address you at this fourteenth meeting of the Caribbean Fisheries…
Representatives from the various Caribbean countries today gathered at the Ramada Georgetown Princess Hotel, for the Fourteenth Meeting of the Caribbean Fisheries Forum. The two-day event is aimed at compiling regional recommendations on the way forward for the Ministerial Council. It is also expected to create leeway for discussions on…
Brazilian firm, New Frontier Agriculture Incorporated will be commencing a large scale commercial production of soybean in Ebini, Region 10 shortly. Dr. Oudho Homenauth, Chief Executive Officer (CEO), National Agriculture Research and Extension Institute (NAREI), told the Government Information Agency (GINA) that “the investment…is coming to fruition, the investors are going there…
