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Guyana on track for 500,000 tonnes output this year
The first rice crop for 2013 has officially ended with a record yield of 263,528 metric tonnes of rice from a total of 405,428 metric tonnes of paddy, significantly surpassing the target of 206,000 tonnes.
If this trend continues, then Guyana is headed for a 500,000- tonne output for this year, Agriculture Minister Dr Leslie Ramsammy said at a press conference on Monday.
A new high-yielding rice variety.
Over the past few years, rice production has been significantly increasing with production recorded at 365,469 metric tonnes in 1999, the highest record then, followed by the 2010 production of 361,527 metric tonnes, 402,000 tonnes in 2011 and 422,000 tonnes for 2012, a government release said.
More than 81,628 hectares, which has a yield of about 201,000 tonnes of paddy were sown for the 2013 first crop as compared to 78,000 tonnes for the first crop of last year. The yield per hectare for this crop was five tonnes.
Region Five continues to be the leading region. It produced 101,262 tonnes followed by Region Six with 67,508 tonnes, Region Two with 52,391 tonnes, Region Three with 29,137 tonnes and Region Four with 13,231 tonnes. Region Two’s production could have been higher had it not been for the paddy bug infestation.
Region Four was the highest yielding region (Cane Grove- Mahaica) with 6.4 tonnes per hectare, followed by Regions Two and Three with an average of 5.4 tonnes per hectare, Region Five with 4.9 tonnes and Region Six with 4.5 tonnes.
Minister Ramsammy reported that the second crop is on the way and thus far 76,119 hectares have been sown.
“The target for this crop is 81,000 tonnes so we are at about 93 per cent completion of the planting of the phase. So far Region Four has completed their planting…Region Six is also close to completion with 98 per cent, Region Three is 97 per cent, Region Two, 93 per cent and Region Five which lags a bit behind every crop are about 88% completed.”
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