Newly accredited, British High Commissioner to Guyana, Her Excellency Jane Miller (OBE), yesterday paid a courtesy call on the Minister of Agriculture, Hon. Zulfikar Mustapha.
During the meeting, Minister Mustapha updated Ambassador Miller on Guyana’s agriculture sector and the advances made since the government took office last year. They also discussed some of the plans government has for the sugar industry.
“Guyana is an agriculture-based country. This sector plays a very important role in terms of foreign exchange and economic development. We would’ve suffered some setbacks because of the recent flooding but as a government, we have been working to help our farmers to get back to the land. As a government, we are working aggressively to resuscitate GuySuCo and the entire industry because GuySuCo is beyond sugar. We are looking at diversification so areas like ethanol production and packaged and refined sugar are some of the commodities that will be targeted,” Minister Mustapha said.
The official also told Ambassador Miller that Guyana has resumed the leading role in CARICOM as it relates to speaking on and directing agricultural development.
Furthermore, the officials discussed advances in livestock, aquaculture, rice, agro-processing, research, and technology.
Ambassador Miller is the first female British High Commissioner to serve in Guyana.
