‘Single shared vision’ needed to protect Caribbean agriculture and food systems

‘Single shared vision’ needed to protect Caribbean agriculture and food systems

AGRICULTURE Minister, Zulfikar Mustapha, said there needs to be a single shared vision and coordination of efforts toward sustainable change to protect the Caribbean’s agriculture and food systems. According to a release, Minister Mustapha was at the time delivering remarks at the meetings of the Americas on Climate Change and Agriculture. Agriculture in the Caribbean…

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Kwakwani gets new labour office, training centre

Kwakwani gets new labour office, training centre

Minister of Labour Joseph Hamilton on Tuesday commissioned the first labour office and training centre in Kwakwani, Sub-District Two, Region 10, as part of government’s effort to decentralise services and reduce transportation costs for residents. “It is important and useful in my view that all citizens have access to equitable services and that is a…

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Higher flaring fine, enhanced monitoring

Higher flaring fine, enhanced monitoring

–catered for in renewed Liza Phase One environmental permit THE Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Tuesday announced that it has renewed the Environmental Permit for the Liza Phase One project within the Stabroek Block offshore Guyana. The permit, which is set to last for a period of five years, is in keeping with the Environmental…

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Mined out sand pits could be used for berry cultivation

Mined out sand pits could be used for berry cultivation

PRESIDENT, Dr. Irfaan Ali, on Monday, said that the government has received proposals for the cultivation of grapes, strawberries and other berries in mined out sand pits along the Soesdyke-Linden Highway. The President, in making this disclosure at the launch of Demerara Bank’s “Farmers’ Credit Line,” said that these proposals were made following Guyana’s inaugural…

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