The Ministry of Agriculture on Friday commenced its regional extension training programme with the aim of strengthening its extension services. The first of the many planned sessions took place in the boardroom of the ministry’s Regent Street office and saw attendance from extension coordinators and officers from all ten administrative…
– Min. Mustapha commits to drainage works, maintenance of canals Farmers from Canal No. 1 and 2 on the West Bank of Demerara (Region Three) were Wednesday afternoon given assurance that they will soon benefit from improved drainage systems in the farming community. Agriculture Minister, Honourable Zulfikar Mustapha met with farmers…
President, Dr Mohamed Irfaan Ali’s One Guyana ‘Cut Rose’ Project continues to make significant progress, with some 1,600 roses being harvested weekly from the shade houses at the National Agricultural Research and Extension Institute (NAREI). This project is designed to create employment and generate income for single parents. It is…
On Tuesday, rice farmers from Regions Two, Three, Five, and Six met with Agriculture Minister, Honourable Zulfikar Mustapha to discuss some of the issues faced in the industry. While noting that most of their issues are a result of unfavourable weather and external economic impacts, the farmers wasted no time…
Last Friday during this year’s first CARICOM Ministerial Taskforce (MTF) on Food Production and Food Security meeting, it was announced that Member States were collectively able to achieve 57% of the target set in keeping with realizing ‘Vision 25 by 2025’. The announcement comes after countries would’ve submitted reports detailing…
– To protect Guyana’s largest rice export market Rice farmers are advised to protect their rice crop and at the same time, protect the European Union (EU) market by complying with the Maximum Residue Limits (MRL) for various pesticides at different levels set by the EU. EU is Guyana’s largest export…
Average market prices over the three-week period, January 4 to 24, 2023, for selected livestock and non-traditional agricultural commodities, projected by the Guyana Marketing Corporation (GMC), show an easing in prices at some of the major markets across the country. GMC carried out checks at Kumaka, Anna Regina, Parika, Vreed-en-Hoop,…
The Rose Hall Sugar Estate is poised to make a grand comeback in 2023, with the People’s Progressive Party/ Civic (PPP/C) Government dedicating some $1.195 billion towards aiding its reopening in the second crop of this year. The iconic property is among the sugar factories closed under the previous APNU+AFC…
