{"id":23570,"date":"2024-10-28T13:31:17","date_gmt":"2024-10-28T13:31:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=23570"},"modified":"2024-10-28T13:31:18","modified_gmt":"2024-10-28T13:31:18","slug":"agriculture-month-2024-launches-with-focus-on-innovation-and-technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/agriculture-month-2024-launches-with-focus-on-innovation-and-technology\/","title":{"rendered":"Agriculture Month 2024 Launches with Focus on Innovation and Technology"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><strong>By Saskia Warrick | October 1, 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As Agriculture Month 2024 commences, Minister of Agriculture Zulfikar Mustapha underscored the importance of innovation and technology in building a sustainable and secure food system for future generations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking at the launch event, he urged citizens to reflect on the sector\u2019s past achievements, current progress, and the vision for the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister Mustapha highlighted the role of technology in advancing agriculture, citing drone technology in rice production as a successful example. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The incorporation of drones has enabled the rice industry to surpass its mid-year production target, with expectations for further growth by year\u2019s end. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Such advances, he noted, are essential in addressing climate change challenges and achieving food security and self-sufficiency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This year\u2019s Agriculture Month is themed \u201cTransforming Tomorrow: Championing Food Security through Innovation and Technology,\u201d emphasizing a collective responsibility. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister Mustapha stressed that each citizen\u2019s contribution is crucial to the success of the national food system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ministry of Agriculture kicked off the month\u2019s activities with an interfaith service and will continue with a series of events designed to engage communities and promote sustainable agricultural practices.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Saskia Warrick | October 1, 2024 As Agriculture Month 2024 commences, Minister of Agriculture Zulfikar Mustapha underscored the importance of innovation and technology in building a sustainable and secure&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":23557,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[362,350,364],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23570","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-low-carbon-development","category-news","category-technology"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23570","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=23570"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23570\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23571,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23570\/revisions\/23571"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23557"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}