{"id":22602,"date":"2024-09-05T18:43:16","date_gmt":"2024-09-05T18:43:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=22602"},"modified":"2024-09-05T18:43:20","modified_gmt":"2024-09-05T18:43:20","slug":"president-ali-launches-agriculture-modernization-initiative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/president-ali-launches-agriculture-modernization-initiative\/","title":{"rendered":"President Ali Launches Agriculture Modernization Initiative"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>By Celestine Chacon<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>President Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali has introduced a groundbreaking Agriculture Modernization Initiative, which aims to empower young professionals, including athletes, to become entrepreneurs in the agriculture sector. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The initiative was announced during an impromptu breakfast meeting with the first cohort of 27 young men who will benefit from the government&#8217;s support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>President Ali emphasized the significance of this project, highlighting its potential to create sustainable businesses. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He committed to assisting the group in establishing tunnel houses for poultry farming, which could generate an annual revenue of up to $25 million per tunnel, after accounting for expenses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The young professionals will pool their resources to complement a $40 million loan from the Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry (GBTI). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The government will provide land, training, and technical support through the Ministry of Agriculture to ensure the success of the project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>President Ali stressed that this initiative is part of a nationwide effort to foster youth entrepreneurship, with similar projects planned for other regions, including the East Coast, East Bank, West Coast, and West Bank, as well as for women.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to the agricultural program, eight athletes will receive assistance from GBTI to acquire homes under the Young Professional Housing Scheme.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Celestine Chacon President Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali has introduced a groundbreaking Agriculture Modernization Initiative, which aims to empower young professionals, including athletes, to become entrepreneurs in the agriculture sector.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":22619,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[365,366,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22602","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-human-development","category-local-development","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22602","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=22602"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22602\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22621,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22602\/revisions\/22621"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22619"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22602"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22602"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}