GCCI to undertake US$134,000 project to improve standards of agro-processors
With the help of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) will launch a USD$134,000 project which aims...
Forestry sector sees shift in trend with small and medium-scale loggers contributing more to...
Production in the forestry sector is experiencing a shift in trend with more small and medium-scale operators upping their role in the sector. In...
GRPA wants High Court to quash unlawful appointment of Chairman of Region 5 Rice...
Attorney-at-Law Anil Nandlall, acting on behalf of the Guyana Rice Producers Association (GRPA), has filed a legal proceeding in which he is asking that...
RAC Chairman overrules Nandlall’s submission that Committee was not properly constituted
On October 29, the Mahaica Mahaicony Abary-Agricultural Development Authority (MMA-ADA) took about 50 rice farmers before Region Five’s Rice Assessment Committee (RAC) to answer...
“Guyanese can’t plant coconut trees?” – Jagdeo on foreign company that got lease to...
Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo appears to be highly perturbed that a foreign company was able to secure a lease for 700 acres of land...
President sends sugar workers’ pay increase petition to GuySuCo for advice – GAWU GS
Not only has President David Granger acknowledged receipt of a petition signed by almost 3,500 sugar workers calling for increased pay, but he has...
No developed lands available for flood-affected Region Five farmers – MMA/ADA GM
While there are lands available in Region Five (Mahaica/Berbice) that flood-affected farmers can access, these domains are undeveloped, says General Manager (GM) of the...
Gov’t. places temporary restriction on Romain Lettuce following breakout of E. Coli in US
The National Agricultural Research and Extension Institute (NAREI) has placed a temporary restriction on the importation of Romaine Lettuce.
The Institute said that it will...
Rice production target still on track despite flooding in Region Five – GRDB GM
The recent hightide-induced flooding in rice farming areas in Region Five (Mahaica/Berbice), will not severely affect the rice production target for this year, says...
Mahaica/Berbice rice farmlands can take well over one year to recover from recent flooding– GRDB...
By Suraj Narine
While residents of Region Five (Mahaica/Berbice), across the board, are counting their losses, rice farmers, who operate in the areas affected by...
