{"id":22623,"date":"2024-09-05T19:19:14","date_gmt":"2024-09-05T19:19:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=22623"},"modified":"2024-09-05T19:19:28","modified_gmt":"2024-09-05T19:19:28","slug":"grenada-seeks-partnership-with-guyana-in-agriculture-and-energy-sectors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/grenada-seeks-partnership-with-guyana-in-agriculture-and-energy-sectors\/","title":{"rendered":"Grenada Seeks Partnership with Guyana in Agriculture and Energy Sectors"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>By Kristin Josiah<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Grenada&#8217;s Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell has emphasized his government&#8217;s intention to collaborate with Guyana in key sectors such as sustainable energy generation, poultry production, and spice cultivation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These partnerships are vital for Grenada&#8217;s goals of enhancing food security and boosting its tourism industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Grenada, renowned for its spice production, including nutmeg, mace, cinnamon, ginger, and cloves, faces land constraints that hinder further agricultural expansion. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prime Minister Mitchell has proposed leveraging Guyana&#8217;s vast agricultural land resources to address this limitation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This initiative aligns with Grenada&#8217;s commitment to sustainable development and Guyana\u2019s Low Carbon Development Strategy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to spice production, Grenada is keen to address its poultry needs by partnering with Guyana. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Currently, Grenada imports all its poultry products, and Mitchell believes regional cooperation can help meet this demand and improve food security.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Furthermore, Mitchell expressed support for Guyana&#8217;s objective of providing renewable energy to the Caribbean region. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He sees Guyana&#8217;s efforts in sustainable energy as an integral part of regional development, particularly for businesses in the Caribbean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prime Minister Mitchell&#8217;s visit to Guyana, which concluded on Friday, included a Tourism, Trade, and Investment Mission. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The four-day event featured a Trade Expo, Business Forum, and the &#8220;Taste of Grenada&#8221; event, aimed at promoting Grenada&#8217;s offerings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A new direct flight route between Grenada and Guyana is set to commence on September 28, 2024, with InterCaribbean Airways providing weekly services on Saturdays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Kristin Josiah Grenada&#8217;s Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell has emphasized his government&#8217;s intention to collaborate with Guyana in key sectors such as sustainable energy generation, poultry production, and spice cultivation.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":22604,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[360,362,363,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22623","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-energy","category-low-carbon-development","category-national-transformation","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22623","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=22623"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22623\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22626,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22623\/revisions\/22626"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22604"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}