{"id":21018,"date":"2024-07-02T14:19:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-02T14:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=21018"},"modified":"2024-07-02T14:20:27","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T14:20:27","slug":"guyana-marketing-corporation-honors-local-manufacturers-and-exporters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/guyana-marketing-corporation-honors-local-manufacturers-and-exporters\/","title":{"rendered":"Guyana Marketing Corporation Honors Local Manufacturers and Exporters"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>by Saskia Warrick<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Guyana Marketing Corporation (GMC) recently hosted its inaugural awards ceremony and dinner to celebrate the achievements of local manufacturers and exporters. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The event highlighted the significant contributions of agro processors who have excelled in regional and international markets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The GMC has been pivotal in supporting agro processors by facilitating product development, certification, packaging, and labeling. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This support has contributed to a notable increase in the number of agro processors, with approximately 3,599 products across 24 categories recorded since 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Awards were presented in various categories, including Exporter of the Year, Youngest Agro Processor, and Manufacturer of the Year, recognizing excellence and innovation within the industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>David Fernandes, Chairman of the GMC Board, emphasized the corporation&#8217;s commitment to expanding its support for local industries. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>General Manager Teshawna Lall echoed this sentiment, affirming ongoing investments to bolster the sector and secure new export markets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister Mustapha highlighted the economic impact of these efforts, noting that over 900 million dollars in revenue was generated through the export of non-traditional crops in the first half of 2024. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He emphasized the dual benefits of foreign currency generation and the enhancement of Guyana&#8217;s reputation as a supplier of high-quality food products.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Saskia Warrick The Guyana Marketing Corporation (GMC) recently hosted its inaugural awards ceremony and dinner to celebrate the achievements of local manufacturers and exporters. The event highlighted the significant&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":21019,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21018","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21018","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=21018"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21018\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21020,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21018\/revisions\/21020"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21019"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}