Tag: Rice
Budget 2025 is forward-thinking, provides a strategic direction for Guyana – Min Mustapha
Minister of Agriculture Zulfikar Mustapha has emphasised that Budget 2025 is forward-thinking, setting a strategic direction for the country’s economic ... Read More
225,000 acres of rice to be cultivated countrywide, 100,000 set for Region Five in the first crop of 2025
Guyana’s agriculture sector is rapidly developing at a pace with some 225,000 acres of rice expected to be cultivated countrywide ... Read More
$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
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
$800M pump station to be operable by 2025
An $800 million irrigation pump station is under construction in the front lands of Black Bush Polder, Region Six and ... Read More
Guyana closer to achieving its 2030 rice production goal
- with 90,713 cultivated during the last crop Guyana rice production continues to increase as 90,713 hectares of rice were ... Read More
$28.9B expended on agriculture sector in first half of 2024
Of the $97.6 billion allocated to the Ministry of Agriculture in 2024, some $28.9 billion was spent on developing Guyana’s ... Read More
Gov’t taking ‘practical steps’ to promote success in every industry – President Ali
In spite of global challenges that hindered progress earlier this year, the government remains committed to fostering growth across all ... Read More
Guyana records increase in rice production
-362, 000 metric tonnes produced Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) is already surpassing its half-year target for 2024 due to ... Read More
Guyana continues to increase its yield in agricultural production
For the past four years, Guyana has shown exponential growth in its agriculture sector with increased yield in its main ... Read More