Prevailing retail prices as projected by the New Guyana Marketing Corporation (GMC) for the period March 17 to 23, indicate that non-traditional agricultural commodities remain stable at all major markets across the country. GMC carried out checks at several markets including Kumaka, Anna Regina, Supernaam, Parika, Vreed-en-Hoop, Stabroek, Bourda, Mon…
Guyana is the leading exporter of seabob shrimp globally as government seeks to increase the productivity and competitiveness of the fishery commodity. The plan is to increase Guyana’s status as a major exporter of Atlantic seabob shrimp while ensuring the long-term stability of the stock and enhancing individual wealth in…
The Ministry of Agriculture’s National Drainage and Irrigation Authority wishes to respond to erroneous claims being made by the Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton regarding a koker and channel at Vergenoegen, East Bank Essequibo in a Newsroom article titled “Vergenoegen residents in calls for koker upgrades, desilting major canal” and dated…
Farmers from Victoria Village on the East Bank of Demerara will soon benefit from better access to their farmlands through the construction of an all-weather farm-to-market road as the government moves towards improving and increasing production to further develop the agriculture sector. This was disclosed during a Cabinet Outreach to…
– Making farming easier Farmers of Baracara, Region Six, are benefitting significantly from the ongoing construction of new drainage network and land development, which will help to boost productivity there. Baracara is a maroon village located along the Canje River in East Berbice Corentyne. The community is renowned not…
The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) has announced that the Blairmont Sugar Estate, Region Five and the Uitvlugt Sugar Estate, Region Three, have exceeded their weekly production targets. In a statement Monday, the corporation congratulated employees at both estates, noting that sugar workers at the locations will benefit from the weekly…
The Guyana Livestock Development Authority (GLDA) conducted a second simulated outbreak of the High Pathogenicity Avian Influenza (HPAI) – commonly known as ‘bird flu’ on Wednesday at an Agriculture Extension Centre in Kuru Kururu. The three-day simulation exercise aims to evaluate the national One Health collaboration, and Guyana’s preparedness to…
The Ministry of Agriculture received equipment valued at $150 million through its Sustainable Agriculture Development Programme (SADP) with funding from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). The equipment will strengthen the ministry’s extension services to small and medium-scale farmers in Regions Two to Six and Ten. The handing over ceremony took…
