{"id":22340,"date":"2024-09-04T22:29:11","date_gmt":"2024-09-04T22:29:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=22340"},"modified":"2024-09-04T22:29:13","modified_gmt":"2024-09-04T22:29:13","slug":"agriculture-minister-highlights-progress-and-future-investments-in-hinterland-food-production","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/agriculture-minister-highlights-progress-and-future-investments-in-hinterland-food-production\/","title":{"rendered":"Agriculture Minister Highlights Progress and Future Investments in Hinterland Food Production"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>By Celestine Chacon<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Government of Guyana is making significant strides in enhancing agricultural production in hinterland regions, with further investments planned to improve livelihoods in these areas. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha outlined these developments during his address to Indigenous leaders at the National Toshaos\u2019 Council Conference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister Mustapha emphasized the ongoing projects aimed at boosting food production in communities like Matarkai and Moruca. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He noted that the Ministry of Agriculture is working closely with regional authorities on land-clearing efforts and river maintenance, particularly in the Moruca River, to support sustainable farming practices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The minister also revealed plans to expand honey production through specialized training programs, with the Guyana Livestock Development Authority (GLDA) partnering with Cuban specialists to implement large-scale honey production across Regions 1, 7, 8, and 9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to honey production, the ministry will focus on aquaculture by installing 50 marine cages in select hinterland communities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Investments will also be made in livestock development, contributing to the broader goal of increasing food security and economic opportunities in these regions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Celestine Chacon The Government of Guyana is making significant strides in enhancing agricultural production in hinterland regions, with further investments planned to improve livelihoods in these areas. Agriculture Minister&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":22344,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[366,362,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22340","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\/22340","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=22340"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22340\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22359,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22340\/revisions\/22359"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22344"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}