The government yesterday promised rice farmers no less than $4,000 per bag for paddy which will include a subsidy from the state, according to a release from the Department of Public Information ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) – After record intake in 2024, Guyana is expecting nine million bags of paddy to be harvested in its first crop of this year, the country’s Agriculture Minister ...

DURING a meeting with rice farmers from the West Coast of Demerara (Region 3) on Friday, Agriculture Minister, Zulfikar Mustapha, said that approximately ...

He also pointed out that moisture variations lead to weight loss in paddy bags, with a 40 kg bag losing up to 1.5 kg, particularly when moisture levels exceed 17%. The burden of this loss is ...

There are many mandis, including over 30 in Padampur, where paddy bags have been dumped in large quantities waiting to be procured. Farmer leader and member of Sanjukta Krushak Sangathan Ramesh ...