{"id":23921,"date":"2024-11-07T13:56:13","date_gmt":"2024-11-07T13:56:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=23921"},"modified":"2024-11-07T13:56:14","modified_gmt":"2024-11-07T13:56:14","slug":"new-high-yielding-rice-variety-grdb-18-launched","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/new-high-yielding-rice-variety-grdb-18-launched\/","title":{"rendered":"New High-Yielding Rice Variety GRDB-18 Launched"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>October 15, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ministry of Agriculture, under the leadership of Minister Zulfikar Mustapha, launched a new high-yielding rice variety, GRDB-18, which is expected to boost Guyana&#8217;s food security and improve the country&#8217;s agricultural output. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The launch took place at a rice field in Nooten Zuil, East Coast Demerara, where the variety was trialed on a 4.5-acre farm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The GRDB-18 variety has been designed to withstand harsh environmental conditions, including waterlogging, and can be harvested late by up to 15 days without compromising the quality of the grain. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This resilience, along with its superior grain quality, positions the variety to compete effectively in both local and international markets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister Mustapha highlighted the potential of the new variety to help expand Guyana&#8217;s rice exports to over 50 countries, aligning with the government&#8217;s commitment to food security through innovation, research, and technology. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He also challenged the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) to develop another high-yielding variety by November 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chief Scientist at the GRDB, Mahendra Persaud, shared that the GRDB-18 underwent 120 trials, yielding an average of 7.2 tons per hectare (approximately 45 bags per acre), demonstrating its strong potential.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The rice industry in Guyana, valued at over 100 billion dollars, is expected to continue growing with ongoing investments in research and technology. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This growth supports President Irfaan Ali\u2019s vision of producing one million metric tons of rice by 2030.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>October 15, 2024 The Ministry of Agriculture, under the leadership of Minister Zulfikar Mustapha, launched a new high-yielding rice variety, GRDB-18, which is expected to boost Guyana&#8217;s food security and&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":23906,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[362,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23921","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-low-carbon-development","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23921","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=23921"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23921\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23922,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23921\/revisions\/23922"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23906"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}