Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha, this morning, welcomed the commitment by United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to review the current ban on the importation of catfish in the US. The announcement was made during a joint press conference between President Dr Irfaan Ali and Secretary Pompeo at State House….
Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Let me join with my colleagues in this National Assembly in commending the Minister of Finance team for bringing an Emergency Budget in record time to this National Assembly. Mr. Speaker, with all the challenges of 2020 – the COVID19 pandemic and the unnecessarily…
Financial Analyst Mr. Sasenarine Singh has been appointed Chief Executive Officer (ag) of the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) effective September 14, 2020. Mr. Singh holds a Master’s Degree in Finance from Lancaster University, an Executive Post Graduate Diploma from London Business School, and a Bachelor’s Degree in Accountancy from the…
-electricity production, other prospects being explored for sugar industry Some $5billion has been earmarked in the 2020 National Budget for the revamping of the sugar industry, which was torpedoed by the APNU+AFC Government. Since taking office in 2015, the now-ousted APNU+AFC Administration had sought to destroy the sugar industry to…
–Minister Mustapha −report for Cabinet before funding The Government intends to reopen the Enmore, Rose Hall and Skeldon sugar estates, but the decision on which will open first depends on a survey currently being conducted by the Ministry of Agriculture. Line Minister, the Hon. Zulfikar Mustapha said funds would…
Gov’t to establish coconut nursery at Charity The coconut industry is set to benefit from several immediate Government interventions when the 4-months emergency budget is passed in the National Assembly in the coming weeks. During an outreach to the Essequibo Coast, Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha met with a number of…
As agriculture Minister hosts stakeholders meeting with Reg. 2 rice farmers, millers Farmers along the Essequibo Coast, today met with Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha and expressed their dissatisfaction with the lengthy periods they are forced to wait for payment for paddy from millers. During several meetings in the Region, Minister…
-$5billion assigned to GuySuCo -closed estates to reopened, jobs to be created -$18.4billion allocated to agriculture sector The Guyana Sugar Corporation Inc. (GuySuCo) will be receiving $5billion from the Government’s new budgetary measures to rejuvenate the sugar industry, reopen the closed estates, and essentially, recreate employment. President of the Cooperative…
