{"id":16492,"date":"2024-02-12T21:29:05","date_gmt":"2024-02-12T21:29:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=16492"},"modified":"2024-02-12T21:29:06","modified_gmt":"2024-02-12T21:29:06","slug":"aquaculture-industry-shows-exponential-growth-says-agriculture-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/aquaculture-industry-shows-exponential-growth-says-agriculture-minister\/","title":{"rendered":"Aquaculture Industry Shows Exponential Growth, Says Agriculture Minister"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><strong><em>By Saskia Warrick<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha, has highlighted the remarkable growth of the aquaculture industry, emphasizing its status as one of the fastest-growing sectors within agriculture. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Mustapha, the industry has experienced an impressive expansion, boasting a growth rate exceeding 600% over the past three years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking at a recent event, Minister Mustapha disclosed that over 90,000 kilograms of brackish water shrimp were produced in January alone. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He expressed optimism that production levels would continue to rise, aiming to surpass 120,000 kilograms monthly with the ongoing expansion of aquaculture projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Furthermore, data revealed that Guyana generated approximately $1.3 billion from brackish water shrimp production between January and November 2023, underscoring the significant economic contribution of the aquaculture sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister Mustapha also addressed the growing interest in employment opportunities within the industry, highlighting its potential for job creation and economic development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aligned with President Irfaan Ali&#8217;s vision for Guyana to become a major food producer for regional and international markets, Minister Mustapha reaffirmed the government&#8217;s commitment to investing heavily in the agriculture sector. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The goal is to achieve self-sufficiency across all areas of food production, thereby fostering economic growth and prosperity for the nation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Saskia Warrick Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha, has highlighted the remarkable growth of the aquaculture industry, emphasizing its status as one of the fastest-growing sectors within agriculture. According to&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":16493,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[366,362,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-development","category-low-carbon-development","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16492","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=16492"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16492\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16494,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16492\/revisions\/16494"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16493"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}