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…
See below the Performance Report for the Ministry of Agriculture 2015-2020 https://www.scribd.com/document/469028342/Ministry-of-Agriculture-s-Performance-Report-2015-2020
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…
The Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) has invested $109.7Million in the establishment of a state-of-the-art seed cleaning facility at the Burma Rice Research Station, in Region Five. The seed cleaner equipment cost $99.3Million while renovation to the existing building was completed for $10.4Million. On Wednesday , Minister of Agriculture, the…
A $7.3Million 30-seater school bus has been handed over to the community of Burma in the Mahaica-Berbice region. The Ministry of Agriculture through the Mahaica Abary Rice Development Scheme and the Ministry of Public Infrastructure jointly donated the vehicle following a request from residents. The bus will serve students from…
Second highest production on record Highest production for Region 6 With a final count of 1,049,874 metric tonnes (mt) of paddy, just 8,254 tonnes short of the 2015 record production of 1,058,128 mt. 2019 stands as the second highest rice producing year to date. Guyana managed to produce this record…
12% increase in volume; 20% increase in value The Guyana Rice Development Board’s 2019 export report has revealed that US$222.7 million was earned through the export of rice to more than 35 countries in that year alone. The export value for 2019 represents an increase of 20% when compared…
It is my firm belief that it is important for everyone to be aware of the fact that agriculture is currently the world’s leading employer and plays a vital role in the livelihood of 40% of its population. In Guyana, we are fortunate to have an agriculture sector that is…
