he building to house the Regional Food Hub at Yarrowkabra is expected to be completed within four weeks, after which a United States company will begin installing cold-storage equipment, Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha says.
Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha on Friday afternoon visited Cane Grove, East Coast Demerara to meet with residents and farmers and assess concerns affecting the community, particularly drainage, agricultural access and the use of public reserves.
The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) has slashed its 2026 production target from 100,000 tonnes to 58,137 tonnes, a reduction of almost 42%, but WIN parliamentarian and former corporation executive Vishnu Panday says even the revised figure is unlikely to be met.
Berbice High School has recorded the first harvest from its Deep Water Culture (DWC) hydroponic system, marking what the school says is an important milestone in exposing students to modern, sustainable agricultural practices.
PNCR General Secretary Sherwin Benjamin says that President Irfaan Ali’s invitation to the GAWU to assume management of a sugar estate “must rank among the most infantile and irresponsible statements ever made by a Head of State on the future of one of Guyana’s most important industries”.
With continued dismal output in this year’s first crop, President Irfaan Ali on Tuesday challenged the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) to assume direct responsibility for the management of one of the country’s sugar estates as he says his administration is open to exploring different models.
-as Guyana launches first ever national strategy Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha yesterday noted that because traditional approaches to dealing with climate change are no longer sufficient, Guyana’s National Drainage and Irrigation Strategy 2030 worth US$500,000 was developed to modernise the current system and strengthen the country’s resilience to changing weather patterns.
More than 2,800 rice farmers in Regions Five and Six have so far been verified to receive assistance under government’s recently announced support programme for rice producers, according to the Ministry of Agriculture.
Guyana is already producing enough poultry meat to satisfy domestic demand, according to Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha, who told the National Assembly recently that limited chicken imports are only being permitted to meet growing demand from the country’s expanding tourism and hospitality sectors.
The Guyana School of Agriculture (GSA) recently hosted its Annual Final Year Agro-Processing Exhibition, where students showcased a range of value-added products developed from locally available agricultural resources.
