Category: Ministry of Agriculture
$104.6 B budgeted for agriculture sector in 2025
Guyana’s agriculture sector is poised to be boosted as $104.6 billion has been allocated in the 2025 National Budget for ... Read More
Budget 2025: $13.3B budgeted for sugar industry
The government has allocated $13.3 billion in the 2025 national budget for the continued development of the sugar industry. This ... Read More
Budget 2025: $73B to expand drainage, irrigation this year
The government plans to inject another $73.2 billion to complete several pump stations and advance other critical drainage and irrigation ... Read More
603 shade houses constructed under agri innovation programme
Under the Ministry of Agriculture Innovation and Entrepreneurship Programme (AIEP), 603 shade houses were constructed between the period 2021 to ... Read More
Cassava yield increases to 30 tonnes per hectare
- Coconut industry progressing rapidly Cassava yields in Guyana have significantly increased from 18 to 30 tonnes per hectare in ... Read More
Guyana cultivated 12,000 acres of corn and soya in 2024
- aiming to be self-sufficient with black-eyed and red beans by 2025 Guyanese farmers cultivated 12,000 acres of corn and ... Read More
A record-breaking 725,282 metric tonnes of rice produced in 2024
With the production of 725,282 metric tonnes of rice in 2024, Guyana has surpassed its target and achieved a record-breaking ... Read More
New $528M pump station commissioned at Andrews, Region Two
Thanks to a $528 million investment, residents of Andrews in Region Two now have a new pump station. Commissioned on ... Read More
Over 80 per cent of rehabilitation work at Meadow Bank Wharf complete
Rehabilitation of the Meadow Bank Wharf in Georgetown has surpassed 80 per cent completion, with additional works scheduled in the ... Read More
Region Nine communities receive farming implements to boost agri. production
Several communities in Region Nine including Annai, Wowetta, Kwatamang, Surama, and Yakarinta, received farming implements such as chemicals, acoustic ant ... Read More