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agriculture
Sugar production behind schedule due to issues at factories - unionsSugar production for the second crop of 2019 is at 21,869 tonnes, which represents nearly 35 per cent below its…
Livestock, rice lands under threat following spring tideHundreds of livestock and acres of rice lands on the East Coast of Demerara (ECD) are under threat after salt…
Farmers getting better price for paddy – GRDBThe Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) has reported that as harvesting for the second rice crop gains momentum, paddy prices…
Sugar museum, heritage park among plans to diversify estatesBy Bibi Khatoon The sugar industry is one of the oldest industries in Guyana having started when the country was…
Finance Ministry approves $460M for emergency sea defence works at MahaiconyThe Ministry of Finance has approved a contingency allocation of over $400M to undertake emergency sea defence works at Mahaicony,…
High tides alertThe Ministry of Public Infrastructure would like to advise the general public to take all necessary precautions during the spring…
Collapsed sea defence at Mahaicony sealedThe Ministry of Public Infrastructure on Tuesday announced that the breached sea defence at Dantzig, Mahaicony, East Coast of Demerara…
Major poultry producers say chicken shortage will end this weekThe country’s major poultry producers have assured that the current chicken shortage would be rectified this week, the Guyana Livestock…
Collapsed sea defence: resources diverted to protect farmlands in MahaiconyThe Ministry of Public Infrastructure says it is conducting emergency works at Dantzig, Mahaicony, East Coast Demerara (ECD) to assist…
Sea defence collapses in Mahaicony; over 1,000 acres of farmlands under threatBy Bibi Khatoon Farmers at Columbia and Dantzig, Mahaicony on the East Coast of Demerara (ECD) are fearful they will…
GuySuCo looks to produce 50,000 tonnes of white sugar at AlbionThe Guyana Sugar Corporation Inc. (GuySuCo) is looking to supply the local and regional market with white sugar. The state-owned…
'I am not here to bury sugar industry': President meets with Albion workersPresident David Granger on Friday assured sugar workers that his Government will not close the sugar industry but is rather…
$50M for irrigation & agri. services in Region 8Following an Outreach to several villages in Region Eight, the Ministry of Agriculture, through the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority…
Rejected rice in Panama was switched before shipment - GRDBThe Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) has concluded that the 33 containers of rice which were returned from Panama in…
GT to get new pumps as Gov’t takes over main city drainageGeorgetown will get three new pumps being procured by the Ministry of Agriculture to better manage the city’s drainage. Minister…
Gov’t, DDL partner to develop dairy, juice productionThe Government of Guyana and Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL) have agreed to examine the implementation of a private/public partnership to…
President meets with protesting sugar workers, promises severance by year-endOver $7 billion in supplementary funding will be sourced next week, some of which will be used to make the…
100 acres of corn to be harvested at EbiniNew Frontier (NF) Agriculture, today announced that its farm at Ebini is set to harvest it’s a test crop, of…
