{"id":24058,"date":"2024-11-18T12:46:22","date_gmt":"2024-11-18T12:46:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=24058"},"modified":"2024-11-18T12:46:22","modified_gmt":"2024-11-18T12:46:22","slug":"agriculture-department-hosts-open-day-and-agro-processors-expo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/agriculture-department-hosts-open-day-and-agro-processors-expo\/","title":{"rendered":"AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT HOSTS OPEN DAY AND AGRO PROCESSORS EXPO"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>October 18, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As part of Agriculture Month celebrations, Region Ten\u2019s Agriculture Department held its fifth Open Day and Agro Processors Expo on Friday at the Christianburg Office Compound. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The event aimed to highlight the talents of agro-processors and showcase the department\u2019s advancements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Regional Agricultural Officer, Deryck Collins, emphasized the importance of recognizing local agro-processors, stating, <em>\u201cLinden is very talented.\u201d<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He also highlighted the department\u2019s progress, including the acquisition of a mini lab, which eliminates the need to send samples to Georgetown, and the establishment of a model farm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Among the exhibitors was Shane Barnes, CEO and Founder of Prime Up, whose products include natural herbal teas and detox options. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Barnes shared that his products are available at James and Sons Supermarket in Linden, the Guyana Shop in Georgetown, and on social media at Prime Up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Carolyn David Webster, Manager of Chanzar\u2019s Enterprises, showcased innovative local products such as plantain, eddo, and barley flour. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Webster credited the people of Linden for inspiring their work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Biologist Niketa Sobers, representing the Guyana Food Safety Authority, underlined the importance of food safety practices to prevent foodborne diseases. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sobers encouraged businesses and handlers to adhere to food safety protocols, emphasizing that food safety is everyone\u2019s responsibility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The expo celebrated local talent and highlighted the critical role of agriculture and agro-processing in regional development.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>October 18, 2024 As part of Agriculture Month celebrations, Region Ten\u2019s Agriculture Department held its fifth Open Day and Agro Processors Expo on Friday at the Christianburg Office Compound. The&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":24021,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24058","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24058","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=24058"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24058\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24059,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24058\/revisions\/24059"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24021"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24058"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24058"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24058"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}