Tag: Guyana Rice Development Board

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

Guyana closer to achieving its 2030 rice production goal

Guyana closer to achieving its 2030 rice production goal

- October 15, 2024

- with 90,713 cultivated during the last crop Guyana rice production continues to increase as 90,713 hectares of rice were ... Read More

New high-yielding ‘GRDB 18’ rice variety launched

New high-yielding ‘GRDB 18’ rice variety launched

- October 14, 2024

A new high-yielding rice variety known as ‘GRDB 18,’ was launched on Monday by the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB). ... Read More

National Assembly approves $8.5B contingency fund advances for several agencies

National Assembly approves $8.5B contingency fund advances for several agencies

- August 9, 2024

The National Assembly has greenlighted contingency fund advances totalling over $8.5 billion for agencies under the Office of the Prime ... Read More

Eight drone pilots, 12 data analysts trained to implement technology into rice cultivation

Eight drone pilots, 12 data analysts trained to implement technology into rice cultivation

- August 6, 2024

The Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) now has 12 data analysts and eight certified drone pilots after completing a one-year ... Read More

Region Five farmers benefitting from gov’t initiatives to enhance rice cultivation

Region Five farmers benefitting from gov’t initiatives to enhance rice cultivation

- December 5, 2023

Farmers in Region Five are reaping the benefits of government initiatives aimed at boosting rice cultivation in the region. These ... Read More

GNBS re-certifies GRDB’s laboratory at LBI

GNBS re-certifies GRDB’s laboratory at LBI

- November 29, 2023

The Guyana Rice Development Board’s (GRDB) Laboratory at La Bonne Intention (LBI) on the East Coast of Demerara was on ... Read More

Gov’t to move to France’s Int’l Chamber of Arbitration to retain over $1B owed by Panama for rice

Gov’t to move to France’s Int’l Chamber of Arbitration to retain over $1B owed by Panama for rice

- May 10, 2023

The government will soon move to the International Chamber of Arbitration in France to recover over $1 billion owed by ... Read More

Agri. Ministry commences ‘new dispensation’ training for extension officers

Agri. Ministry commences ‘new dispensation’ training for extension officers

- May 9, 2023

The Ministry of Agriculture, on Tuesday, held the first session for its new extension system programme at the Zara Computer ... Read More