{"id":24309,"date":"2024-11-20T15:27:04","date_gmt":"2024-11-20T15:27:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=24309"},"modified":"2024-11-20T15:27:49","modified_gmt":"2024-11-20T15:27:49","slug":"agri-tech-innovation-hubs-to-transform-agriculture-by-2030","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/agri-tech-innovation-hubs-to-transform-agriculture-by-2030\/","title":{"rendered":"Agri-Tech Innovation Hubs to Transform Agriculture by 2030"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>October 28, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Guyana is taking significant steps to become a leader in agricultural development within the region, with the announcement of plans to establish Agri-Tech Innovation Hubs by 2030. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha, shared that these hubs will introduce cutting-edge technologies to enhance the agriculture sector. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The focus will be on precision agriculture, drone surveillance, and data-driven decision-making, allowing farmers to receive real-time data on crop health, soil quality, and planting strategies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The government is also partnering with the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) to upgrade the Guyana School of Agriculture into a Center of Excellence for research, innovation, and digitization in the food system. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This initiative aims to make Guyana\u2019s agriculture sector more resilient to climate challenges and adaptable to global market demands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This forward-thinking approach is set to position Guyana at the forefront of agricultural advancements, providing farmers with the tools and knowledge needed for sustainable growth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>October 28, 2024 Guyana is taking significant steps to become a leader in agricultural development within the region, with the announcement of plans to establish Agri-Tech Innovation Hubs by 2030.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":24299,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[362,350,364],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24309","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\/24309","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=24309"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24309\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24311,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24309\/revisions\/24311"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24299"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}