Young agriculturists involved in the Agriculture and Innovation Entrepreneurship Programme (AIEP) are now venturing into the agro-processing industry, as they are processing produce cultivated through the shade house initiative. Pepper jelly, made from sweet and hot peppers that are available in two variants – hot and mild; cauliflower rice, carrot…
– New rice variety launched For the first crop of 2024, farmers will be able to cultivate the new rice strain, G18-113 bio-fortified rice variety which is nutritionally rich in zinc and high-yielding, as it was officially launched on Saturday. The event was hosted at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre, Liliendaal…
The Governments of Guyana and Cuba signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to provide technical support services in forestry and agriculture in Guyana. The MoU seeks to establish a general framework of collaboration between the Ministries of Agriculture in Cuba and Guyana with an emphasis on agriculture and vegetable products,…
As the Agri-Investment Forum and Expo gets underway in Guyana, Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha has outlined the importance of investing in this important sector of the economy. While speaking at the opening of the event, Friday morning at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre, Minister Mustapha outlined the importance of the…
Guyana and the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) will work on upgrading the delivery of agriculture education in Guyana with the establishment of a Centre of Excellence for Studies in Agriculture. IICA, which comprises 34 member states and is the specialised agency for agriculture, supports its members in…
The New Guyana Marketing Corporation and the Guyana Shop celebrated eleven years of providing marketing and other support to local producers and manufacturers, as the agriculture sector continues to expand. Speaking at an activity to mark the occasion on Wednesday, Minister of Agriculture Zulfikar Mustapha noted that the shop is…
All the necessary arrangements are in place for the highly-anticipated Agri Investment Forum and Expo set for this Friday at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre (ACCC), Liliendaal. During a press briefing and walkthrough on Wednesday at the ACCC, Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha, accompanied by members of the planning committee,…
The government will be allocating some $26 billion to ensure the advancement of drainage and irrigation systems across the country, as part of its modernisation efforts. This was disclosed by Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha during the recent agri symposium hosted at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre, Liliendaal. “We have…
