The government plans to inject another $73.2 billion to complete several pump stations and advance other critical drainage and irrigation canals and structures this year. Guyanese will witness massive drainage works advancing in areas like Adams Creek, Region Two; Canefield, Region Six; Good Hope, and Mabaruma. This is according…
Under the Ministry of Agriculture Innovation and Entrepreneurship Programme (AIEP), 603 shade houses were constructed between the period 2021 to 2024. His Excellency Dr Mohamed Irfaan Ali launched the initiative in 2021 to attract Guyana’s youth to the government’s agricultural development plan. Providing an update during the ministry’s year-end press…
– Coconut industry progressing rapidly Cassava yields in Guyana have significantly increased from 18 to 30 tonnes per hectare in 2024. And according to Minister of Agriculture Zulfikar Mustapha, cassava production has doubled since 2019. “In 2019 we had 3,226 acres of cassava cultivated. In 2024 that has doubled to 6,000…
– aiming to be self-sufficient with black-eyed and red beans by 2025 Guyanese farmers cultivated 12,000 acres of corn and soya in 2024. During a year-end press conference on Monday at the Ministry of Agriculture’s head office on Regent Street, Minister Zulfikar Mustapha, said that while this is a remarkable…
With the production of 725,282 metric tonnes of rice in 2024, Guyana has surpassed its target and achieved a record-breaking milestone in its agriculture sector. Minister of Agriculture Zulfikar Mustapha made the announcement during his ministry’s year-end press conference on Monday. “I want to say that this is a record-breaking…
– for outstanding sums owed from PetroCarbi rice deal On Saturday, 22 farmers, and three millers from Region Two received approximately $437 million in outstanding payments from a 2015 PetroCarbie rice deal with Venezuela. Agriculture Minister, Hon. Zulfikar Mustapha while addressing farmers and millers in the Regional Democratic Council (RDC)…
On Saturday, Agriculture Minister, Hon. Zulfikar Mustapha commissioned the Andrews Pump Station on the Essequibo Coast in Region Two. The pump station was rehabilitated at a cost of approximately $528 million and is outfitted with two fixed 150 cusec pumps designed to drain 13,454 gallons per minute. It will benefit…
On Tuesday, sugar workers from across the country received payments in keeping with the government’s one-off $100,000 cash grant for Guyanese citizens 18 years and older. Agriculture Minister Hon. Zulfikar Mustapha spearheaded the distribution exercise at the Uitvlugt Estate in Region Three where over 1,300 sugar workers benefited from the…
