Agriculture

The Caribbean Community’s (CARICOM) leader responsible for food security, Guyana’s President Irfaan Ali on Tuesday lamented the absence of health, education and technology from the region’s mission to increase food production and eat healthy. Overall, he said studies show that the cost of a healthy diet is very expensive in the Caribbean and Latin America. “Something is wrong so we ...

The University of Guyana (UG), now in its 60th year, is set to host its 2nd Diaspora  Conference at the Turkeyen Campus, Greater Georgetown, Guyana, during the period  May 8-10, 2023 under the theme “Calling 592: Honouring, Researching, Reigniting  Diaspora.” The Diaspora Conference is one of several signature events being hosted by the  University this year to celebrate the institution’s ...

The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) is assisting Guyana to increase the production of West Indian Cherry (Acerola) and reduce the amount of concentrate being imported by local juice producers, that United Nations (UN) body said. “While the demand for cherry remains strong in the country, especially for use in the fruit juice industry, the country has not been able ...

President Irfaan Ali on Wednesday declared that government would not be tolerating anymore squatting on lands along the Linden-Soesdyke Highway, and that existing squatters would be moved three planned settlements that would be developed on the highway. “We cannot tolerate any new additional squatting. We cannot tolerate the squatting. I’m being very honest with you,” he told a community meeting ...

Two Guyanese farmers are now expected to influence Guyana’s agricultural policies as a result of their participation in dialogues of the United Nations Decade of Family Farming. They are Mr. Javed Ishmael of the West Berbice Sheep and Goat Association and Ms. Cindy Halley of the Central Mahaicony/Perth Village Farmers’ Association. “Their experience will serve as inputs for national policy ...

The United States (US) is awaiting key documentation from Guyana before deciding whether to lift the now four-year long ban on catfish, also known locally as gilbaka, American Ambassador to Guyana Sarah-Ann Lynch said Monday. “The ball is still in Guyana’s court to finish all the paperwork that’s involved with the exporting,” she told Demerara Waves Online News. She said ...

Leaders of the 15-nation Caribbean Community (CARICOM) are impatient by the failure so far by the region’s private sector to invest in a transportation system to move mainly agricultural cargo, President Irfaan Ali said Friday. He cautioned at the opening of the 2nd Regional Agri-Investment Forum in Port-of-Spain, the capital of Trinidad and Tobago, that if CARICOM’s private sector failed ...

Guyana’s President Irfaan Ali- the Caribbean Community’s (CARICOM) leader who is responsible for agriculture- on Friday said the region has made “significant progress” towards the 25 percent reduction of its food imports by 2025, even as a number of member-states have submitted proposals to Republic Bank to tap into a US$100 million credit facility. Addressing the 2nd CARICOM Agri-Investment Forum ...

The opposition People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) on Friday recommended that government considers a raft of measures, including lower income tax, fatter pay packets and increased pensions in the 2022 national budget to cushion the impact of the 20-percent increase in the cost of basic items. Highlighting that Guyana’s economy was projected to record real growth of 49.7% plus US$607 ...

President Irfaan Ali on Tuesday launched an Agriculture and Innovation Entrepreneurship Programme that promises to generate millions of dollars and create jobs through shade house techniques. Dr. Ali said the project envisages government initially providing 25 shade houses and up to 300 in the medium to long term. Roughly calculating the projected revenue, he singled out cauliflower, broccoli and carrots as ...