{"id":29615,"date":"2026-04-25T21:20:02","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T01:20:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=29615"},"modified":"2026-04-25T21:32:29","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T01:32:29","slug":"agriculture-fueling-manufacturing-growth-minister-mustapha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/agriculture-fueling-manufacturing-growth-minister-mustapha\/","title":{"rendered":"Agriculture fueling manufacturing growth &#8211; Minister Mustapha"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>Guyana\u2019s agriculture sector is proving to be more than just a source of food production, it is now a key driver of growth in the manufacturing industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the Annual General Meeting of the Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association (GMSA),\u00a0Minister of\u00a0Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha\u00a0highlighted the strong link between farming and industrial expansion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Agriculture, manufacturing and services are no longer operating independently. Instead,\u00a0they are forming integrated value chains that are transforming Guyana&#8217;s economy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With increased\u00a0agricultural production, local manufacturers are benefiting from a steady supply of raw materials,\u00a0supporting the growth of agro-processing, food production and export.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&#8220;Our farmers supply the\u00a0raw material that sustain agro-processors, food manufacturers and exporters,&#8221; <\/strong>he said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To strengthen this\u00a0link, the government has allocated $113.2 billion to the agriculture sector in 2026.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister Mustapha noted that over the past five years, the government has invested heavily in\u00a0agro-processing, with facilities being established across both coastal and hinterland regions. These developments, he stated, are helping to extend shelf-life of products,\u00a0reduce waste, create more value-added goods for local and regional markets.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&#8220;Much of this growth in the manufacturing sector is driven by agriculture, as I said,\u00a0as agriculture continues to contribute tremendously to our country&#8217;s development.\u00a0In addition to processing facilities, new investment in coal storage, transportation\u00a0and packaging are strengthening the entire supply chain, making it easier for manufacturers to scale\u00a0production,&#8221; <\/strong>he noted. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As output increases, so too does demand for services such as logistics,\u00a0finance and technology, further reinforcing agriculture&#8217;s central role in economic\u00a0development.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guyana\u2019s agriculture sector is proving to be more than just a source of food production, it is now a key driver of growth in the manufacturing industry. At the Annual&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29616,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[468,350],"tags":[488,370,412,405],"class_list":["post-29615","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-agriculture","category-news","tag-488","tag-guyana","tag-ncn-guyana","tag-ncn-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29615","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29615"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29615\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29617,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29615\/revisions\/29617"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29616"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}