New GMC to secure more markets for local produce – Mustapha
In an effort to support farmers and boost Guyana’s food sector, the Agriculture Ministry is advancing plans to assist farmers in expanding their cultivation and finding markets for their produce. The New Guyana Marketing Corporation (GMC) is actively looking for markets
Investments in agriculture will advance value-added production, development – Minister Mustapha
Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha, MP, has commissioned an agri-business development incubator, and handed over three ATVs and two refrigerated trucks to the Guyana Marketing Corporation (GMC). On Friday, the Minister said the investments in the agricultural sector will benefit farmers
Reduce food loss, waste, FAO Director-General urges
— 2021 designated International Year of Fruits and Vegetables THE Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO), QU Dongyu, is calling for the reduction of food loss and waste while appealing for the development in healthy
Region 10 to get agro-processing facility
– farmers urged to expand agri practices (Guyana Chronicle) THE government will soon be establishing an agro-processing facility in Upper Demerara-Berbice (Region 10) to increase the production of value-added commodities there.This is among several major agricultural opportunities that would be made
Region Two Chairperson urges farmers to invest in coconut industry
-says it has ‘bright future’ By: Indrawattie Natram (Guyana Chronicle) REGION Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam) Chairperson Vilma De Silva is encouraging farmers in the Pomeroon- Supenaam region to diversify and invest in the coconut Industry which she saidwill lead to big returns. De Silva made
Expansion of coconut industry high on agenda for 2021
– Min. Mustapha says Hope Estate is the first target By Naomi Parris CONCERTED efforts will be made this year to transform the coconut industry, the produce of which has become a major agriculture export for Guyana in recent years. Minister of Agriculture