ENSURING food security in a changing climatic environment has been the major thrust of the National Agricultural Extension and Research Institute (NAREI).At the same time, the institute has developed

THE Guyana Marketing Corporation (GMC) is serious about creating a more enabling environment to truly encourage and expand the exportation of agricultural commodities. In this regard, discussions are ongoing at

LESOTHO’S vast highland plains are spectacular places for tourists. Broad and treeless, they offer stunning views of the mountains looming over shimmering gold grasslands.But they are terrible for farmers.

AS part of Government’s quest to diversify its agricultural production, Agriculture Minister, Mr Noel Holder back in August spearheaded an outreach exercise to the islands of Leguan and Wakenaam

By Vanessa Braithwaite THE township of Linden held its first ever coconut festival two Mondays ago at the Linden-Georgetown Bus Park on Republic Avenue, much to the delight of

–How Mahaica Creek farmers are coping with the vagaries of climate change MAHAICA farmer, Rajesh Bissoondyal pointed to two long plots of land under bora cultivation, each measuring two

RESEARCH has, over the decades, sustained and developed the rice sector in Guyana. Innovative research conducted by the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) has seen rice yields moving from

AT the worst possible time, the Caribbean is running short of one of its most emblematic products.Rich-world consumers have never been keener on the coconut. Starbucks wants the tropical

By Neil Primus THE wind picks up and grows into an angry whistling mass. The sea responds with heavy swells that would make seasoned seamen shiver. The small boat

Renowned Guyanese author and poet Leon Labastide who hails from the mining town of Linden is on the verge of rapping up his fourth book with a release date