During his trip to Mexico to participate in the 34th Session of the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) Regional Conference for Latin America and the Caribbean, Agriculture Minister Noel Holder met with Director General of the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), José Graziano da Silva, to discuss the FAO Country…
The Environmental Requirements for cultivating hot peppers
Agriculture Minister Noel Holder today concluded a successful meeting with Senior Executives of the Mexican Rice Council. Mexico has again reaffirmed its commitment to securing Guyana’s paddy. Since the initial phase of negotiations, Guyana has been tasked with providing information which was required to conduct a Pest Risk Analysis (PRA)….
Once more the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) has misled its membership into activities that only further deplete the production and productivity of the sugar industry, but importantly denying workers and their families of a normal livelihood. The continued weekly work stoppages result in reduced pay, as well…
Growing West Indian Cherries
The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) has reported that another strike was staged today by 1700 sugar workers. This was told to the Government Information Agency (GINA) by the corporation’s Finance Director, Paul Bhim. In a telephone interview with GINA, Bhim said the impact of the strike will be known tomorrow. The…
Cultivating Cabbage
In spite of ongoing challenges, the Guyana Sugar Corporation’s (GuySuCo) management is optimistic of meeting the first sugar crop target of 80,500 tonnes. According to Finance Director, Paul Bhim, the production up to today was 11,243 tonnes. He said that all of the factories recently started grinding except for Skeldon…
