{"id":25252,"date":"2025-01-06T18:44:20","date_gmt":"2025-01-06T18:44:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=25252"},"modified":"2025-01-06T18:44:21","modified_gmt":"2025-01-06T18:44:21","slug":"guyana-produces-18000-gallons-of-honey-in-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/guyana-produces-18000-gallons-of-honey-in-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Guyana Produces 18,000 Gallons of Honey in 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>By Kimberly Giddings \u2013 November 23, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Guyana&#8217;s honey production has reached an impressive milestone of approximately 18,000 gallons for the year, marking a significant achievement for the apiculture industry. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister of Agriculture, Hon. Zulfikar Mustapha, shared this development at the inaugural Honey Fest hosted by the Guyana Livestock Development Authority (GLDA) in Mon Repos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The remarkable increase in honey production, compared to just over 2,000 gallons in 2023, was credited to substantial government investment and a renewed national interest in beekeeping. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The government allocated over $200 million to the sector last year, distributing more than 5,000 hives to aspiring honey producers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, the GLDA collaborated with Cuban experts to train locals in bee rearing and honey production techniques.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister Mustapha emphasized the government&#8217;s commitment to making Guyana a leading honey-producing nation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><em>&#8220;We have targeted areas across the country to ensure economic benefits for communities while producing honey at a high standard,&#8221;<\/em> he stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Guyana\u2019s vast and diverse ecosystems, ranging from mangroves to forests, allow for the production of various types of honey. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Approximately nine per cent of the honey is sold domestically, while the majority is exported to markets in Barbados and St. Kitts and Nevis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The success of this sector highlights the potential for further economic development and the benefits of strategic investments in sustainable industries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Kimberly Giddings \u2013 November 23, 2024 Guyana&#8217;s honey production has reached an impressive milestone of approximately 18,000 gallons for the year, marking a significant achievement for the apiculture industry.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":25239,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[362,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25252","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\/25252","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=25252"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25252\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25253,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25252\/revisions\/25253"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25239"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}