{"id":25676,"date":"2025-01-20T17:14:18","date_gmt":"2025-01-20T17:14:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=25676"},"modified":"2025-01-20T17:14:19","modified_gmt":"2025-01-20T17:14:19","slug":"government-partners-with-european-group-to-establish-pork-processing-facility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/government-partners-with-european-group-to-establish-pork-processing-facility\/","title":{"rendered":"Government Partners with European Group to Establish Pork Processing Facility"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><strong>B<\/strong><em>y Saskia Warrick<\/em><br><em>December 10, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Government of Guyana is expanding its agro-processing sector through a strategic partnership with a European group to establish a pork processing facility. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vice President Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo announced the collaboration, emphasizing the project\u2019s potential to serve both domestic and export markets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This initiative aims to enhance Guyana\u2019s agricultural value chain by setting up a factory that will process pork-based products such as sausages and bacon. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The move is part of a broader strategy to diversify the economy, create jobs, and increase productivity within the agro-processing sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vice President Jagdeo outlined the government&#8217;s plans to ensure a steady supply of pork for the facility, which will not only meet the domestic demand but also explore export opportunities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The government also plans to invest in agro-processing projects, especially those outside the capital city of Georgetown, in efforts to decentralize economic development across the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This collaboration with the European group is expected to strengthen Guyana&#8217;s agro-processing capabilities and open new international markets for local agricultural exports.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Saskia WarrickDecember 10, 2024 The Government of Guyana is expanding its agro-processing sector through a strategic partnership with a European group to establish a pork processing facility. Vice President&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":25492,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[361,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25676","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\/25676","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=25676"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25676\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25677,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25676\/revisions\/25677"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25492"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}