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GuySuCo’s planting programme reduced by more than 50% due to El Nino

The current sugar crop is being negatively affected by the prevailing dry conditions brought on by El Nino weather pattern. Guyana Sugar Corporation’s (GuySuCo’s) Agriculture Services Manager, Raymond Sangster informed the Government Information Agency (GINA) that the current planting programme has been reduced by more than 50%. This will negatively impact the 2017 crop yield, Sangster noted. “What you do in…
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PRESS RELEASE – Reallocation of Wales Agriculture Workers

The Guyana Agriculture Workers Union (GAWU) since the announcement of the decision by GuySuCo to integrate the sugar estates of Wales and Uitvlugt, has been misrepresenting the situation stating that all workers will be severed. The Ministry of Agriculture would like to make the following clear:- The Wales Factory will…
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Region Nine’s agriculture to be pushed- 4,000 acres State lands to open up

Among initiatives to propel agriculture in the hinterland is development of 4,000 acres of state land in Region Nine that will be used to construct an agriculture station. The venture is experimental, and will be used for sustainable harvesting of surface water for agriculture in the Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo region….
CDC’s national response mechanism activated- in response to El Niño

The Civil Defence Commission (CDC) which is Guyana’s premier agency for Disaster Response and Preparedness has activated the National Response Mechanism to address the shortage of water in affected Regions. This disclosure was made by Minister of Natural Resources and the Environment Raphael Trotman at today’s post-Cabinet media briefing at…