Caribbean Ministers of Agriculture explore funding options to mitigate the effects of the pandemic on agriculture

The ministers and secretaries of Agriculture of 14 Caribbean countries learned about funding opportunities they will be able to access to implement recovery actions in the agriculture and rural sectors to address the impact of Covid-19. During a videoconference, representatives of financial institutions, development organizations and donors informed the ministers…

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Minister Holder’s World Food Safety Day Message

Fellow Guyanese, today we join people around the world to commemorate the 2nd  World Food Safety Day under the theme “Food safety, everybody’s business”. Food safety, a matter of growing importance, encompasses all the practices carried out during production, handling, distribution, preparation and storage of food in order to guarantee…

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Minister Holder’s Opening Remarks at the Opening of Hydromet Seminar on Energy Efficiency and Alternative Technologies for the Cooling Sector

Maya Angelou said “Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.” This is the goal of capacity building initiatives undertaken through our various programmes and the anticipated outcome of this seminar: to improve the knowledge of participants on the critical issues that…

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