Rice farmers of Skeldon and surrounding communities in Region Six were able to raise their concerns and shared suggestions for the industry’s development with Minister of Agriculture, Noel Holder and his team, when they visited the region recently. Financing and production cost were among the hotly debated topics at the…
Aerial spraying of rice for the control of the dreaded paddy bug is engaging the attention of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the final authority on whether or not aerial spraying of pesticides would be allowed in Guyana. The issue of aerial spraying of pesticides came to the foreground after…
Agriculture Minister Noel Holder has urged the Rice Producers Association (RPA) to step up its representation of rice farmers across the country and stop looking to the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) for hand outs. Responding to complaints by long standing RPA President Leikha Rambrich that the RPA is no…
Crop Diversification.
The National Agricultural Research and Extension Institute (NAREI) is exploring means of enhancing cassava cultivation, and mechanical harvesting for the root crop, as large scale production expands. Cassava is a very important part of the Guyanese diet; it is used in soup, it is boiled and fried with yams, eddoes,…
Health benefits of consuming rice.
VACANCY 07-2016 International Specialist in Agribusiness and value chains Trinidad & Tobago (English and Spanish)
Health benefits of Pumpkin.
