Category: Ministry of Agriculture

$800M pump station to be operable by 2025

$800M pump station to be operable by 2025

- November 19, 2024

An $800 million irrigation pump station is under construction in the front lands of Black Bush Polder, Region Six and ... Read More

Gov’t drafting Caribbean’s first agritourism policy

Gov’t drafting Caribbean’s first agritourism policy

- November 15, 2024

- Agritourism investments to boost growth in non-oil sectors Following extensive discussions, the draft for the Caribbean’s first agritourism policy ... Read More

Several agri interventions planned for Timehri

Several agri interventions planned for Timehri

- November 14, 2024

Residents and farmers from Alliance Road and neighbouring areas in Timehri, East Bank Demerara will soon benefit from agricultural interventions ... Read More

Expanded D&I works at Canal No. 1 benefitting 200 more farmers

Expanded D&I works at Canal No. 1 benefitting 200 more farmers

- November 13, 2024

An additional 200 farmers in Canal Number One, West Bank of Demerara, are set to benefit from enhanced drainage and ... Read More

$25M koker to be constructed in Baracara

$25M koker to be constructed in Baracara

- November 10, 2024

The government is investing almost $25 million to construct a koker in Baracara along the Canje River to regulate the ... Read More

Shade houses, cassava & black giant chicks for Orealla, Siparuta

Shade houses, cassava & black giant chicks for Orealla, Siparuta

- November 9, 2024

- farming inputs distributed to Orealla/Siparuta The communities of Orealla and Siparuta, along the Corentyne river, will soon benefit from ... Read More

Brackish water shrimp production increased

Brackish water shrimp production increased

- November 3, 2024

The Brackish Water Shrimp project along the Corentyne Coast continues to record major results, producing 98,159 kilogrammes of shrimp from ... Read More

PTCCB gets new administrative building

PTCCB gets new administrative building

- October 24, 2024

The Pesticides and Toxic Chemicals Control Board (PTCCB) on Thursday commissioned a new administrative building in the National Agricultural Research ... Read More

Panama finally pays $1.5B to 19 local rice millers

Panama finally pays $1.5B to 19 local rice millers

- October 23, 2024

After a six-year wait, 19 local rice millers have received the $1.5 billion owed to them by the Panamanian Government. ... Read More

GSA’s 2024 graduates poised to drive agri-food system – Min. Mustapha

GSA’s 2024 graduates poised to drive agri-food system – Min. Mustapha

- October 22, 2024

Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha has highlighted that the 2024 graduating batch from the Guyana School of Agriculture (GSA) will ... Read More