As Guyana continues to implement and enforce measures to address food safety, Agriculture Minister, Noel Holder today departed Guyana to participate in the first ever International Food Safety Conference in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The conference, which will be held on the 12th to the 13th of February, is being held…
; farmers now able to return to abandoned lands ; Holder distributes much needed planting material Agriculture Minister, Noel Holder recently led a team to Buxton Village where massive works are being carried out under the Rural Agricultural Infrastructure Development (RAID) programme. The project, which is being funded by…
…as National Ozone Action Unit commences RAC training program Over twenty six technicians are expected to graduate with advanced skills after they would have completed a ten to twelve months Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Technicians training program at the Government Technical Institute (GTI). The certificate program, which is being…
…NDIA working to restore irrigation to the Coast …farmers urged to exercise restraint given limited water supply Rice farmers on the Essequibo Coast are being advised to be judicious in the use of irrigation water over the next few weeks as the water level of the Tapacuma Conservancy has…
–MOU will cater for training of students from both entities to become agricultural entrepreneurs The Kuru Kuru Cooperative College and the Guyana School of Agriculture will soon forge collaboration in the area of value added, which will see assistance being given to the College in establishing its Agro-processing Plant…
-GRDB calls the plot by Seeraj ‘desperate’ Rice farmers on the Essequibo Coast are telling a different story to the one told in Parliament on Thursday last by Rice Producer Association, General Secretary, Dharamkumar Seeraj in relation to failed-Seed paddy. Head of the Rice Farmers Association of Region 2, Mr….
– as GRDB debunks claims of failed germination of Seed Paddy in Region 2 The Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) has slammed an Inews Guyana report in which the General Secretary of the Rice Producers Association, Dharamkumar Seeraj has told the National Assembly that farmers had complained of failed…
– contract agreement for 2019 signed –first shipment under new contract to commence shortly Guyana has secured its market for rice shipments to the lucrative Panamanian market with the inking of another supply contract for the period December 2018 through 2019. The value of this latest contract is US$5.2M and will…
