The Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) announced that there will be a new rice variety on the market before the 2018 second crop. During a recent interview, GRDB’s Deputy General Manager, Allison Peters indicated that scientists at the Board’s Rice Research Station at Burma have been working tirelessly to develop…
The Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) has revealed that export figures for 2017 have surpassed 2016 and are expected to surpass that of 2015. Exports for 2016 stood at 500,000, while as of December 18, 2017, exports were recorded at 535,843 tonnes with a value of about US$200,000,000. General Manager…
The Non-Resident Ambassador of the Czech Republic to Guyana, H.E. Jiří Havlík today paid a courtesy call on Agriculture Minister, Noel Holder at his Regent Street Office. During the meeting, Minister Holder spoke of Government’s vision for taking Guyana’s agriculture to the next level and the steps his ministry has…
As Guyana continues to place major emphasis on Food and Nutrition Security in order to ensure the region’s food needs are met, several steps are being taken to ensure persons are afforded access to safe foods of sound nutritional quality. As a result, the University of Guyana (UG) hosted a…
Northern Guyana is currently transitioning into the secondary wet season which is forecasted to begin during the second half of November, 2017. Based on historical records (climatology), this season is expected to conclude by mid-February, 2018; while southern Guyana’s dry season is expected to continue until mid-April 2018. Cooler than…
With the aim of enhancing its productivity, provide income opportunities and improve the production of coconut seedlings in Guyana, the first phase of a Sustainable Development Coconut Cultivation program kicked off today at President’s College. The program will see the completion of established coconut plots of 500 18 month seedlings…
The Inter-American Board of Agriculture (IABA) on Thursday October 26, 2017 elected Dr. Manuel Otero as the Director General of Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) during the 19th Regular Meeting of the Inter-American Board of Agriculture (IABA) – the Institute’s highest governing body, in San Jose, Costa Rica….
The Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) has announced an increase in paddy prices paid to farmers for the 2017 second crop. This increase comes in wake of farmers’ decrying the high production cost of plying their trade. General Manager (ag) of the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB), Ms. Allison Peters…
