Pres. Ali challenges Iwokrama to become Guyana’s hub for biodiversity science
President Dr Mohamed Irfaan Ali is challenging the Iwokrama International Centre for Rain Forest Conservation and Development to deepen its scientific footprint, open its...
Rising costs of rice production, Govt’s $3B support discussed at Reg. 5 meeting
Rice farmers in Region Five (Mahaica-Berbice) on Saturday raised concerns over increasing combine harvesting charges, rising fertiliser prices and low yields during an outreach...
55,000 acres of new farmland to open at MMA/ADA scheme – Agri minster
…urges farmers to apply early
Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha on Saturday urged farmers within the Mahaica-Mahaicony-Abary Agricultural Development Authority (MMA/ADA) scheme to begin applying for...
Farmers attempting to exploit, manipulate subsidy system will be prosecuted – Mustapha warns
Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha on Saturday warned that the police would be called in if rice farmers attempt to manipulate the government’s newly announced...
First shipment of breeding cattle arrives for DDL’s US$30M Dairy Farm
See below statement from Demerara Distillers Limited:
FIRST SHIPMENT OF BREEDING CATTLE ARRIVES FOR US$30M MOBLISSA FARM
- DDL Fast-Tracks Guyana’s Dairy Revolution
MOBLISSA, SOESDYKE LINDEN HIGHWAY, MAY...
‘Produce enough or pay more’ – VP Jagdeo warns low production driving up food...
...coupled with shockwaves through global oil and shipping markets
Vice President Dr Bharrat Jagdeo says Guyana needs to produce more to deal with the rising...
$181M Lethem Business Incubator Centre and Agro-Processing Facility commissioned
Minister of Tourism, Industry and Commerce, Hon. Susan Rodrigues, today officially commissioned the Lethem Business Incubator Centre and Agro-Processing Facility in Lethem, Region Nine,...
Govt to soon engage farmers on solutions as fertiliser prices climb to $12,000 per...
Minister of Agriculture Zulfikar Mustapha on Wednesday announced that the government will soon begin discussions with farmers to explore possible solutions in response to...
Brackish-water shrimp project launched in Reg. 2
Agriculture Minister, Zulfikar Mustapha, on Wednesday launched the brackish-water shrimp project on the Essequibo Coast, Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam).
While addressing those gathered, Minister Mustapha pointed...
$58.5M agro-processing facility opens in Region 3
Agricultural development in Region Three has received a major boost with the commissioning of a new $58.5 million agro-processing facility at Canal Number One...


































