{"id":22434,"date":"2024-09-05T14:29:41","date_gmt":"2024-09-05T14:29:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=22434"},"modified":"2024-09-05T14:29:44","modified_gmt":"2024-09-05T14:29:44","slug":"guyana-advances-regional-agriculture-projects-amid-25-by-25-food-security-goal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/guyana-advances-regional-agriculture-projects-amid-25-by-25-food-security-goal\/","title":{"rendered":"Guyana Advances Regional Agriculture Projects Amid 25 by 25 Food Security Goal"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>By Saskia Warrick<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Guyana continues to play a pivotal role in supporting its Caribbean Community (CARICOM) partners in advancing agricultural projects as the region works towards the 25 by 2025 food security goal. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite challenges, such as those posed by Hurricane Beryl, significant progress has been made in various initiatives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha provided an update on the status of key projects in Trinidad and Tobago and Barbados. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Trinidad and Tobago, efforts to revitalize the rice industry have shown promising results. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With Guyana&#8217;s provision of seedlings and technical assistance, rice production has surged from 100 to 1,000 acres, with 340 tonnes of rice already harvested. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The initiative aims to further increase yields and bolster the sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Barbados, the brackish water shrimp project and the aquaculture industry are also advancing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The support provided includes essential technical guidance, helping to enhance production and expand involvement in the sector. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Shade House Programme, known for its success in producing high-value crops, has led to requests for similar projects in Barbados, Grenada, and Trinidad and Tobago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With just over a year remaining to achieve the 25 by 2025 target, regional collaboration remains crucial. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ongoing efforts are focused on building a resilient agricultural sector and moving towards greater regional self-sufficiency in food production.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Saskia Warrick Guyana continues to play a pivotal role in supporting its Caribbean Community (CARICOM) partners in advancing agricultural projects as the region works towards the 25 by 2025&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":22394,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[366,362,363,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22434","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-development","category-low-carbon-development","category-national-transformation","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22434","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=22434"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22434\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22435,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22434\/revisions\/22435"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22394"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}