{"id":23970,"date":"2024-11-07T14:35:08","date_gmt":"2024-11-07T14:35:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=23970"},"modified":"2024-11-07T14:35:09","modified_gmt":"2024-11-07T14:35:09","slug":"investors-encouraged-to-explore-non-oil-sectors-at-international-business-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/investors-encouraged-to-explore-non-oil-sectors-at-international-business-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Investors Encouraged to Explore Non-Oil Sectors at International Business Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>October 17, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the recent International Business Conference, held at the Guyana Marriott, investors were urged to capitalize on the growing opportunities in Guyana\u2019s non-oil sectors, which have shown significant progress in the first half of 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Adviser to the Minister of Agriculture, Richard Blair, emphasized the importance of agriculture, a key contributor to the country\u2019s 12.6% growth in the non-oil sector, driven by a 20% increase in the rice industry, a 27% growth in the fisheries sector, and a 10% expansion in other crops. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Blair highlighted that the agriculture sector offers unmatched access to regional and international markets, making it a prime area for investment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Blair further noted that the country\u2019s low operational costs, which are set to decrease with the introduction of the Gas to Energy project, make Guyana an increasingly attractive investment destination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The International Business Conference, which concluded today, was designed to foster investment in both Guyana and Suriname, particularly in sectors like agriculture, infrastructure, and energy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>October 17, 2024 At the recent International Business Conference, held at the Guyana Marriott, investors were urged to capitalize on the growing opportunities in Guyana\u2019s non-oil sectors, which have shown&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":23943,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[361,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23970","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-and-economy","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23970","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=23970"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23970\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23971,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23970\/revisions\/23971"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23943"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23970"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23970"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}