On Friday, the Ministry of Agriculture’s Agriculture Sector Development Unit (ASDU) hosted a simple exercise to test and inspect three recently procured three amphibious excavators as part of the government’s ongoing flood risk management project. The pieces of equipment were procured at a cost of $438,654,750 and will be used…
$38 Billion was allocated to advance Guyana’s agriculture sector in 2022. This represents an almost 100% increase from what was allocated in 2020 ($19.7 Billion) accounting for approximately 7% of the national budget. International During this year’s Regional Conference for Latin America and the Caribbean, which was hosted in Ecuador…
─ Guyana Marketing Corporation As Guyanese continue with their shopping and preparation for the festive season, the Guyana Marketing Corporation (GMC) has been keeping tabs on the ‘relative prices’ of commodities across the major markets in the country. These price checks are in keeping with how government interventions are helping to…
The Ministry of Agriculture on Monday teamed up with the Civil Defence Commission (CDC) to distribute hampers to the flood-affected residents of Little Diamond, on the East Bank of Demerara. The exercise is a follow-up to a previous visit by Agriculture Minister, Zulfikar Mustapha, where he committed to making interventions…
– Livestock, crop officers assessing farmers’ losses to provide support Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha on Monday met with farmers and residents of Mocha Arcadia, East Bank Demerara as a follow-up to a commitment made last Saturday, to address agriculture-related concerns. The farmers expressed drainage concerns, noting that the heavy…
-Intervention to help communities experiencing flooding Several pumps are to be deployed along the East Bank corridor to help with the drainage of communities experiencing flooding as a result of heavy rainfall within the last 24 hours. Agriculture Minister, Zulfikar Mustapha on Saturday visited several communities including Peter’s Hall, Providence,…
Large-scale cattle farmers from Regions Two, Three, Four, Five, and Six signed agreements with the Ministry of Agriculture’s Guyana Livestock Development Authority (GLDA) for the use of breeding bulls to improve their stock. The initiative forms part of the agency’s genetic improvement programme as the government works towards developing the…
Today, farmers from various farmers’ groups from Moruca, Region One (Barima – Waini) benefitted from a number of inputs to boost their productive capacity. Agriculture Minister, Honourable Zulfikar Mustapha, along with other officials from the ministry visited the region to distribute the items. Prior to today’s visit, Minister Mustapha had…
