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FAO improving Value Chain for Guyana – World’s Largest Seabob Producer
Guyana is the world’s largest producer of Atlantic seabob, a commercially important shrimp that is caught from the Atlantic coast of the US all the way down to Brazil. In Guyana, seabob is fished by both industrial trawlers and by artisanal…
Auditor General asked to probe suspected corruption in NDIA contracts
Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha has put two contracts on hold, which were awarded for works at the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA), and has since asked the Auditor General, Deodat Sharma, to investigate…
Guyana ups pressure on Panama to pay $1.9B owed to rice millers
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Friday dispatched a letter to the Panamanian authorities urging them to honour their obligations to Guyana and to pay the $1.9 billion owed to rice millers.
This measure was taken as the Government…
Some 99% of rice harvested to date
The Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) has announced that of the 94,000 hectares of rice sown for the second crop of 2020, 99 per cent has been harvested to date.
GRDB General Manager, Mr. Nizam Hassan, in an interview with DPI on…
Gov’t pushes for more corn, soya bean cultivation
The Ministry of Agriculture is urging farmers to capitalise on the budgetary measures in the sector to expand their crop repertoire to include corn and soya bean. Guyana spends almost US$ 25 million annually to import these commodities for…
Moruca, Mabaruma farmers to benefit from $5 M greenhouses
Farmers in the Moruca and Mabaruma sub-regions of Region One will soon benefit from the establishment of two greenhouses valued $5 million to protect cultivated plants from extreme temperatures.
Speaking with DPI, Regional Executive…
Single mother uses climate-smart farming to relieve stress, increase income
Managing a farm under harsh climatic conditions is hard. Being a single parent is hard. Being a full-time teacher is hard. Being a single parent, a teacher, and managing a farm is off the charts but together they bring balance – "I am…
Almost 700 re-hired; $126M spent as GuySuCo pushes ahead with reopening sugar estates
The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) has re-hired a total of 690 persons to work on three closed estates as it pushes ahead with its reopening scheduled for late 20203 to early 2023.
So far at the Rose Hall Estate, some 270…
483 pounds of expired duck meat seized; importer had no permit
Following a surveillance and inspection exercise to ensure quality protein products fit for human consumption with the upcoming Christmas season, the Guyana Livestock Development Authority (GLDA) uncovered 483 pounds of expired imported…
New rice variety, which promises record yields of 60 bags per acre, launched
Earlier today, Agriculture Minister, Zulfikar Mustapha officially launched Guyana’s newest rice variety, the GRAND 16, at the Burma Rice Research Station in Mahaicony.
While addressing a number of farmers from across the country, many of…
