{"id":23634,"date":"2024-10-28T17:05:07","date_gmt":"2024-10-28T17:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=23634"},"modified":"2024-10-28T17:05:08","modified_gmt":"2024-10-28T17:05:08","slug":"guyanas-apiculture-industry-poised-for-significant-growth-by-year-end","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/guyanas-apiculture-industry-poised-for-significant-growth-by-year-end\/","title":{"rendered":"Guyana&#8217;s Apiculture Industry Poised for Significant Growth by Year-End"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>By Saskia Warrick<\/em><br><em>October 5, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Guyana&#8217;s apiculture industry is projected to experience substantial expansion by the end of this year, as announced by Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The government&#8217;s commitment to developing this sector is part of a broader agricultural development agenda aimed at tapping into the country\u2019s vast and largely undeveloped land suitable for beekeeping.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister Mustapha highlighted that a contract signed with Cuba last year, leveraging their extensive experience in honey production, is expected to enhance local capabilities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With the global honey market anticipated to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 5.2% until 2030, the Guyanese government is keen to capitalize on this opportunity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Notably, the minister reported a significant increase in honey production in Guyana, even during traditionally low-output periods. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The initiative includes communities in Regions 2 and 9, aiming to boost production further and create new opportunities for local producers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The rising global demand for pure honey, attributed to its numerous health benefits\u2014such as serving as a natural sweetener and a source of vitamins, minerals, calcium, and antioxidants\u2014underscores the potential for growth in this sector. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, the anticipated repeal of Trinidad and Tobago&#8217;s honey export restrictions will enable Guyana to position itself as a honey exporter within the CARICOM region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Saskia WarrickOctober 5, 2024 Guyana&#8217;s apiculture industry is projected to experience substantial expansion by the end of this year, as announced by Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha. The government&#8217;s commitment&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":23618,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[362,363,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23634","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-low-carbon-development","category-national-transformation","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23634","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=23634"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23634\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23636,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23634\/revisions\/23636"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23618"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23634"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23634"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23634"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}