Monday, June 8, 2026
Monday, June 8, 2026
Agriculture
Displaced Cummings Lodge farmers get $25M in recovery grantThe Ministry of Housing and Water on Monday doled out $25 million in grants to several displaced farmers, whose farms…
Sacked Enmore Estate sugar workers meet with Agriculture MinisterAgriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha on Thursday met with residents and farmers from the village of Enterprise and its environs on…
Umami invests in agro-processing facility at Black Bush PolderA Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between the Guyana Office for Investment (GoInvest), the Ministry of Agriculture and local company…
Hururu gets planting materials, tools to boost agricultureMinister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha, on Tuesday made good on his promise to provide assistance, when he presented a quantity…
Mangroves: The ‘saviour’ along Guyana’s coastlineBy Vishani Ragobeer Just weeks after Guyana experienced its worst nationwide flooding, the role mangroves play, especially along the coastline,…
$25 million in equipment to resolve deficiencies at Hydromet ServiceA $25 million contract was Wednesday signed between the Hydromet Service and NT Computeac for the supply, delivery, and testing…
New $21 million lab for Rice Research StationA $21 million contract has been awarded to Manohar Service for the construction of a laboratory at the Burma Rice…
Farmers to benefit from $41.9 million cold storage facilities for fruits and vegetablesThe New Guyana Marketing Corporation on Wednesday afternoon signed $41.9 million in three contracts towards cold storage facilities for fruits…
Guyana to see major improvements in agri-tourism with new MoU A range of new agri-tourism activities, with improvements to those that already exist, will soon come on stream amid action…
Minister Mustapha says ministry’s extension arm being reorganised to ensure efficiencyOn Saturday last, Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha met residents and farmers from Canje, Berbice, and assured them that assessments are…
Agriculture Minister forms CDC in Ithaca to enhance agriculture productionAgriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha on Saturday visited Ithaca, Mahaica-Berbice, where the village’s first Community Development Council (CDC) was formed. A…
Over $340 million in contracts inked as Agri. Ministry moves forward with 2021 work programmeThe Ministry of Agriculture on Wednesday hosted a contract signing, as it advances the execution of its 2021 work programme.…
Investor to establish processing facility in Black Bush Polder – Gov’t Ministers tell residentsAgriculture in Region Six, more so Black Bush Polder, is set to benefit from several major developmental investments with the…
Guyanese agro-processors to benefit from USAID training, grantsThe U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Eastern and Southern Caribbean Mission and the Guyana Economic Development Trust (GEDT), a…
GAWU welcomes additional $1.5 billon support to sugar industryThe Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) has welcomed the government’s decision to add another $1.5 billion to the…
Severe weather, blackout compromised national weather watch centre – Dr. CummingsSevere weather conditions and unstable utilities have constrained the work of the National Weather Watch Centre at Hyde Park, Timehri,…
Jet Skis, Jet Boats, Airboats use in MMA/ADA Block banned – Agri. MinistrySee statement from the Ministry of Agriculture below: Temporary Ban on the use of Jet Skis, Jet Boats, Airboats in…
