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New ‘Guyana Pride’ rice variety to boost production
A new paddy variety, already bearing the nickname “Guyana Pride,” has been introduced to rice farmers and could prove popular given its resistance to rice blast disease and its potential to produce 45 to 55 bags per acre.
Called GRDB 15,…
PPP defends rice farmers struggling to pay fees to MMA/ADA
Legal proceedings may soon be instituted against over 50 rice farmers of Region Five (Mahaica-Berbice) over their failure to pay the increased rental fees and the drainage and irrigation charges, according to the People's Progressive Party…
Rice worm threatens bumper rice crop in Berbice
The Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) Friday said it has sent a team to investigate reports that some Corentyne rice were affected by a worm infestation.
Region Six is expecting a bumper harvest for the first crop 2018 with some…
$30B loan needed to support GuySuCo
The Special Purpose Unit (SPU) of the National Industrial and Commercial Investment Limited (NICIL) has clarified that it needs approximately $30 billion to support the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) over a four-year period.
The SPU…
FAO rep. warns about labour shortage in Agri. sector due to oil industry
By Bibi Khatoon
Local representative of the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), Reuben Robertson has warned against the movement of labour from agriculture sub-sectors to the petroleum industry, as the FAO continues to push its…
One arrested for poisoning Coconut Trees at Hope Estate
The Ministry of Agriculture says it will not sit idly by and allow persons to damage the coconut trees at the Hope Estate, East Coast Demerara.
As such, one person has been arrested for allegedly poisoning 18 of the trees and is said to…
FAO partners with UG, other agencies to improve agriculture sector
An agreement to the value of US$332,500 was on Wednesday signed between the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the University of Guyana (UG) along with other agencies to complete work in areas of food and nutrition security,…
Rose Hall sugar workers urge Gov’t to reconsider closure
Sugar workers at the Rose Hall Estate are urging the Government to reconsider its decision to close the estate, outlining how this decision will negatively impact their lives, a release from the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union…
‘Guyana doesn’t even need an oil industry’
By Neil Marks
If Guyana were to satisfy a portion of the Caribbean’s food import market, it would generate sufficient revenues to run the country, Senior Counsel Ralph Ramkarran, former Speaker of the National Assembly has suggested, as…
Onion price expected to reduce as NAREI expands cultivation
The National Agricultural Research and Extension Institute (NAREI) is exploring the possibility of cultivating several crops which are currently being imported. One of those crops is Onion.
Head of the Research Institute, Dr. Udho…
