By News Source Guyana on February 25, 2026
Agriculture, News, Politics
The Ministry of Agriculture today launched Farmers Connect GY – a mobile app designed to empower farmers, fisherfolk, and agro-processors across the country by providing them with access to agricultural services and real time data with just a click from the palm of their hands. The mobile application forms part of the Agriculture Ministry’s push […]
By News Source Guyana on February 10, 2026
Agriculture, News, Politics
Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha, today maintained that the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) will return to a state of profitability by 2030. He held the position while being grilled by Opposition Members of Parliament on the management of the sugar industry as the Parliamentary Committee of Supply examined the $13.4 Billion allocated allocated for GuySuCo […]
By News Source Guyana on October 3, 2025
Agriculture, News, Politics
The Guyana Government will be exploring new ways to assist rice farmers who continue to produce high volumes of paddy, but are finding it difficult to secure markets as they face low prices and increased production. During a press conference yesterday, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo said the Government is exploring various measures to assist rice […]
By News Source Guyana on September 18, 2025
Agriculture, News, Politics
President Irfaan Ali has promised rice farmers that the Government will be working along with them to address a “complex” period for the farmers who are currently grappling with low prices for the yields. Speaking to private cane and rice farmers on Wednesday in Berbice, the President said Government is aware of the situation and […]