Panama commits to resuscitating rice deal

– settling outstanding payments with interest, says Min. Mustapha. THE Panamanian Government has responded to Guyana, acknowledging the outstanding payments for rice and has committed to addressing those payments, but has requested to do so after COVID-19 subsides, Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha has confirmed. In an invited comment on Thursday,…

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GAWU, NAACIE to work closely with Gov’t to reopen closed sugar estates

says diversification necessary to make industry profitable Guyana Agricultural and General Workers’ Union (GAWU) General Secretary, Mr. Seepaul Narine, along with other officials from that Union and the National Association for Agricultural Commercial and Industrial Employees (NAACIE), today met with Agriculture Minister, Zulfikar Mustapha, to discuss several issues and areas…

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High-level agricultural authorities in the Americas commit to taking specific actions to guarantee food and nutritional security in response to the pandemic

The Ministers and Secretaries of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries, Food and Rural Development of the Americas reaffirmed their willingness to implement measures at the national, regional and hemispheric levels to guarantee food and nutritional security in the hemisphere, which has been put at risk by the Covid-19 pandemic and the economic…

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Three simple steps to having a kitchen garden

– Seedbed preparation, sowing and transplanting Kitchen waste is truly useful. Oftentimes, persons discard vegetable and fruit seeds as waste. But, seed is an expensive commodity that should not be tossed out. So, the next time you peel your fruits and vegetables extract the seeds. This could be the start…

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IICA will assist the Caribbean to boost trade in goods and agricultural information exchange, as well as to strengthen food security

Thirteen Caribbean Ministers of Agriculture participated in a videoconference with the Director General of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), in which they discussed strategies to bolster agricultural activity and to safeguard the food supply amidst the ongoing health crisis, in a region that relies heavily on food…

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Maintaining a high level of food supplies in Guyana

─ GLDA says regular checks on availability of chicken done ─ adequate local dairy product available The Guyana Livestock Development Authority (GLDA) is conducting regular checks on their meat and local dairy products to ensure there are adequate supplies during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. A senior official at GLDA Selwyn Anthony…

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