{"id":23548,"date":"2024-10-28T13:25:28","date_gmt":"2024-10-28T13:25:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=23548"},"modified":"2024-10-28T13:25:59","modified_gmt":"2024-10-28T13:25:59","slug":"guyanas-youth-to-drive-egg-and-poultry-self-sufficiency-through-innovation-centres","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/guyanas-youth-to-drive-egg-and-poultry-self-sufficiency-through-innovation-centres\/","title":{"rendered":"Guyana\u2019s Youth to Drive Egg and Poultry Self-Sufficiency through Innovation Centres"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><strong>By Josiah Williams | October 1, 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Government of Guyana is ramping up efforts toward achieving self-sufficiency in egg and poultry production through the establishment of agricultural innovation centres across all regions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The project, aimed at bolstering food security, was announced by President Dr. Irfaan Ali during a recent breakfast meeting with young people in Region 5.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>President Ali highlighted that each innovation centre will operate on a compact 5-acre plot, providing youth with access to legal and technical support from the Ministry of Agriculture. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This initiative will assist participants in securing financing, establishing their businesses, and benefiting from training and development opportunities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe want every region to have a major facility under this Agri Innovation Programme that leads to self-sufficiency in eggs and chicken,\u201d said President Ali.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha noted that Guyana has already made significant progress, with egg production rising from 27,000 last year to 94,000 in the first half of 2024. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The long-term goal is for the nation to fully meet its domestic demand for eggs and poultry, further supported by the Guyana Livestock Development Authority.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Representatives from the Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry (GBTI) and Demerara Bank also participated in the discussions, expressing their commitment to financing the initiative. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The project not only promises to reduce imports but also aims to empower young entrepreneurs in the agricultural sector.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Josiah Williams | October 1, 2024 The Government of Guyana is ramping up efforts toward achieving self-sufficiency in egg and poultry production through the establishment of agricultural innovation centres&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":23560,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[366,362,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23548","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\/23548","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=23548"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23548\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23561,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23548\/revisions\/23561"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23560"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23548"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23548"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23548"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}