The Ministry of Agriculture will soon be undertaking several projects in various areas of development. In this regard, the Ministry is currently inviting suitably qualified persons to bid for these contracts. The National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) is currently inviting bids for the rehabilitation of drainage pumps at Three…
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…
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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Talks today between the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) and the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers’ Union (GAWU) to discuss the Annual Production Incentive (API) for the industry’s workers ended in deadlock with both parties agreeing to go the route of conciliation. According to the company’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Errol…
Two engineers attached to the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) on Wednesday December 2, 2015 rescued a stranded flamingo from the Essequibo River. According to their statements, the engineers were conducting routine field visits in west Hogg Island and noticed an object in the river between Hogg Island and…
General Manager of the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) Nizam Hassan is reporting a production growth of 7 percent, and an export growth of 10 percent at the end of November. According to Hassan, rice production, up to the end of November was 681, 517 metric tonnes. This is a…
