Agriculture Minister urges market-led production

The Ministry of Agriculture is gearing to equip small farmers with the information needed to take advantage of available markets and so produce crops that are in demand. Addressing Essequibo farmers over the weekend, Minister of Agriculture Noel Holder said that successfully facilitating and supporting efforts to link small farmers…

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Mexico could soon decide on Guyana’s rice -PM

Mexico is expected to become a major player in the local rice industry.Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo, on Saturday, explained that Mexico could be going this route within the next five weeks. Updating residents of Region Two, a major rice producing area, Prime Minister Nagamootoo, who initiated the talks with Mexico…

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Agriculture Ministry team wraps up successful outreach to Region 8 -efforts are being geared towards establishment of Agri. Stations in hinterland regions

A successful three-day exercise was concluded on Friday last by representatives of the Ministry of Agriculture, Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) and the Organisation of the American States (OAS) aimed at pushing agriculture the Region Eight. Agriculture Minister Hon. Noel Holder who headed the team held meeting with…

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