Monday, June 8, 2026
Monday, June 8, 2026
Agriculture
2022 seen as year for hemp production in GuyanaThe Guyana Hemp Industries, the company behind the unrelenting activism for the legalisation and production of industrial hemp in Guyana,…
Guyana rakes in close to $40 billion from rice exportsDespite the COVID-19 pandemic and recent floods, Guyana’s rice industry remained resilient and raked in close to $40 billion (US$189,232,690)…
63 ponds completed to ramp up production of brackish water shrimpA total of 63 ponds have been completed as part of the government’s efforts to increase the production of brackish…
Pumps deployed to help reduce flooding in Reg. 3Persistent rainfall across parts of Guyana’s Coast over the last 48 hours has left many homes in several communities in…
Agri. Minister mulls legal redress to end quarrel between Region #3 farmers, Co-op Society Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha on Tuesday afternoon met with farmers from communities across Region Three and promised a range of…
Transporting food a key focus as production ‘extremely hot’ topic at CARICOMThere have been increasing talks on upping the production and trade of food within the Caribbean region but transporting the…
Heavy rainfall expected until February; farmers encouraged to take precautionsSee below the full press release issued by the Ministry of Agriculture: Rainfall There’s a high chance for wetter than…
Guyana imports about 40% of its food; President Ali targets self-sufficiencyAgriculture is an important productive sector for Guyana, but with the country still importing about 40 percent of its food,…
Agricultural support for Reg. 8 boosted with $38M investmentIn a bid to improve its extension services in far-flung areas of the country, the National Agriculture Research and Extension…
$60M agro-processing facility completed in Region TwoThe $60 million agro-processing facility in Pomeroon-Supenaam (Region Two) is complete and will soon be outfitted with high-end equipment ahead…
Hampton Court Estates denies it is trying to remove farmersHampton Court Estate has denied what it said is a series of “slanderous and erroneous claims” by a small group…
Winches stolen from critical sluices in Region ThreeRegion Three Regional Officials have reported that on Saturday, November 13, 2021 sometime in the evening, the winch that is…
Leading agriculture company from UAE eyes investment in GuyanaSee full statement from the Ministry of Finance below: Today hosted a virtual follow-up meeting between Elite Agro LLC and…
Leaders pledge to save trees at COP26, while Indigenous people ask for land rightsThis story was written by Vishani Ragobeer for Climate Tracker Immaculata Casimero, a Wapichan indigenous woman from Guyana, says her…
Agri. Minister intervenes as Reg. 3 farmers suffer millions in lossesBy Isanella Patoir isanella@newsroom.gy Minister of Agriculture Zulfikar Mustapha has committed to looking into issues affecting farmers on the West…
$68M plugged into planting more mangroves to protect East Coast residentsSBM Offshore, an energy company operating in Guyana, has plugged $68 million into mangrove restoration efforts along the East Coast…
Conservation body using drone tech to monitor offshore activities, mangrovesBy Vishani Ragobeer vishani@newsroom.gy The Guyana Marine Conservation Society (GMCS), a local environmental body, is training young women, including six…
