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Guyana secures new rice market in Panama
Guyana has managed to secure yet another market for rice. This announcement was made yesterday by President
President
Donald Ramotar
Donald Ramotar during a press conference at the office of the President.
Recently, President Ramotar was in Columbia where he engaged Panamanian Head of State, Juan Carlos Varela in talks regarding that country being a possible market for Guyana’s rice.
On his return, President Ramotar deployed a team to Panama to negotiate the terms under which this arrangement could materialise.
“The team just returned with COPA Airlines and the mission was successful…we have managed to get a new market for rice in Panama,” the President posited.
The Ministry of Agriculture will be disclosing more details on the agreement reached.
President Ramotar said that his Government is aggressively pursuing additional markets in Central America and Africa so as not to restrict the massive growth in production that the country has been witnessing, but rather to encourage even greater production.
Guyana’s rice industry has seen repeated bumper crops, with a record production of 535,000 tonnes of rice of which 395, 000 tonnes was exported.
This year, the country is expected to produce over 600,000 tonnes of rice by the end of 2014.
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