{"id":18148,"date":"2024-04-05T03:29:58","date_gmt":"2024-04-05T03:29:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=18148"},"modified":"2024-04-05T03:30:00","modified_gmt":"2024-04-05T03:30:00","slug":"black-belly-sheep-project-shows-progress-barbadian-technical-team-reports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/black-belly-sheep-project-shows-progress-barbadian-technical-team-reports\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Belly Sheep Project Shows Progress, Barbadian Technical Team Reports"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>By Saskia Warrick<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Black Belly Sheep project in Guyana is steadily advancing, with over 300 local births recorded since its inception. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A technical team from Barbados recently visited Guyana to assess the progress of the Black Belly Sheep project. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During their visit, the team conducted an analysis of various aspects, including data management, nutrition programs, reproduction techniques, and the project&#8217;s overall sustainability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One significant aspect highlighted during the visit was the distribution of sheep to local farmers, who were screened and cleared by the Guyana Livestock Development Authority (GLDA). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These farmers were required to sign a memorandum of understanding (MOU), agreeing to return 10 percent of the purebred sheep within three lambing periods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Leroy McClean, a Consultant from the Barbados Ministry of Agriculture, expressed satisfaction with the project&#8217;s progress despite challenges such as the ongoing El Ni\u00f1o conditions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He also discussed the recent arrival of the project&#8217;s latest batch of sheep.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. McClean further expressed optimism about potential collaborations between Barbados and Guyana in joint research efforts, particularly following a visit to the Ibini Ranch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since the introduction of the two batches of Black Belly Sheep, a total of 367 local births have been recorded. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The GLDA is utilizing DATAMARS for transparent and efficient data management throughout the project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Guyanese government aims to boost local mutton production to over 7,000 metric tonnes by the end of 2025, anticipating an annual revenue of $43 million USD.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Saskia Warrick The Black Belly Sheep project in Guyana is steadily advancing, with over 300 local births recorded since its inception. A technical team from Barbados recently visited Guyana&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":18149,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[366,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18148","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-development","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18148","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=18148"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18148\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18150,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18148\/revisions\/18150"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}