{"id":13277,"date":"2023-10-17T21:22:54","date_gmt":"2023-10-17T21:22:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=13277"},"modified":"2023-10-17T21:23:01","modified_gmt":"2023-10-17T21:23:01","slug":"gmc-to-support-cut-rose-project-for-increased-revenues-and-impact-on-single-mothers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/gmc-to-support-cut-rose-project-for-increased-revenues-and-impact-on-single-mothers\/","title":{"rendered":"GMC to Support &#8216;Cut Rose&#8217; Project for Increased Revenues and Impact on Single Mothers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>The Guyana Marketing Corporation (GMC) is set to collaborate with the National Agriculture Research and Extension Institute (NAREI) on the &#8220;Cut Rose&#8221; project. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This initiative, spearheaded by Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha, aims to boost marketing efforts for cut roses, ultimately expanding the project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister Mustapha emphasized the project&#8217;s substantial positive impact on individuals&#8217; lives and highlighted its plans for nationwide replication, aiming to make a difference in communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Under the project, NAREI sells roses for $500, with the potential for resale at up to $2500. The initiative has gained significant traction in the local market, showcasing Guyana&#8217;s potential for diversifying crops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The project&#8217;s success is anticipated to lead to a 30% reduction in rose imports by the year&#8217;s end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Reporting by Saskia Warrick<\/em>, <em>NCN News.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Guyana Marketing Corporation (GMC) is set to collaborate with the National Agriculture Research and Extension Institute (NAREI) on the &#8220;Cut Rose&#8221; project. This initiative, spearheaded by Agriculture Minister Zulfikar&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":13278,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[361,365,366,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13277","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-and-economy","category-human-development","category-local-development","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13277","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13277"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13277\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13280,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13277\/revisions\/13280"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13278"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}