President, Dr Mohamed Irfaan Ali’s ‘Cut Rose’ project, which was conceptualised to create employment for single parents continues to make significant progress and has earned over $4 million for the first half of 2023. The project’s production continues to increase with 12,067 roses harvested as of June 2023, with a…
Today scores of fisherfolk from across the country gathered at the Lusignan Community Centre Ground to celebrate National Fisherfolk Day 2023. This year, fisherfolk day was observed under the theme “One Ocean, One Planet, One Plate: Improving Aquatic Food Standards and Ocean Health”. While offering remarks at an exercise hosted…
On the 4th of March, 2023, His Excellency President Irfaan Ali facilitated a meeting between the Guyana Millers and Exporters Association (GREMA) and the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) at State House. At the meeting, and in the presence of The Vice President, The Honourable Dr Bharrat Jagdeo and The Minister…
Rice farmers in Region Five on Wednesday received more than $1.18 billion in cash grants, the largest allocation under the government’s nationwide rice farmers’ support programme. A total of 1,387 farmers, who cultivated 104,519 acres of rice during the last crop, are benefitting from the financial assistance. Rosalyn Bacchus, who…
The government is accelerating investments in farm-to-market roads and critical agricultural infrastructure, opening thousands of acres of new farmland and improving access for farmers as the country’s agriculture sector undergoes unprecedented transformation. Chairman of the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA), Lionel Wordsworth, said the extensive infrastructure programme is improving…
The construction of the Regional Food Hub being built at Yarrowkabra, along the Soesdyke-Linden Highway, is roughly halfway complete. It is on course to be finished by the end of the year, Minister of Agriculture Zulfikar Mustapha has said. “As I am speaking now, approximately 50 per cent of the…
With the Regional Food Hub at Yarrowkabra along the Soesdyke-Linden Highway nearing completion, farmers will soon benefit from improved market access and expanded export opportunities. The facility will support the aggregation, processing, packaging and export of agricultural produce, strengthening Guyana’s ability to supply food to markets across the Caribbean. The…
In keeping with the commitments made by His Excellency, Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali, Tambaqui aquaculture activities have now commenced at Bonasika Creek as part of the Government of Guyana’s expanding aquaculture development initiative. Two farmers in the community have recently received feed and Tambaqui fingerlings and have begun pond rearing…
