Latest update February 9th, 2025 1:59 PM
Latest News
- Gunmen rob money changer at America Street
- Couple dies in fire at Hydronie, EBE
- “Oil-rich Guyana is worse off from the very start”- Glenn Lall
- Terrence Campbell to remain member of oil money Investment Committee despite transparency concerns in use of revenues
- Trump freezes aid to South Africa amid spat over land expropriation law
Ministry of Agriculture utilizing loan from World Bank for the rehabilitation of irrigation structures
Kaieteur News – The Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) plans to rehabilitate the existing irrigation structures on the North Eastern Dam of the East Demerara Water Conservancy (EDWC) lots six, seven and eight.
Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha
The Cooperative Republic of Guyana has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Additional Financing- Flood Management Project (AF-FRMP).
This information was disclosed during a recent opening of tenders at the National Procurement and Tender Administrative Board (NPTAB).
In addition, last Wednesday at the National Assembly, the MOA received an extra $5,610,000,000 to its yearly budget. Notably, the Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha stated that $2.5 billion is for added resources for the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA); $437.8 million for the National Agriculture Research Institute and $25.4 million for the Guyana Marketing Corporation.
Similar Articles
THE BLUNT OF THE DAY
Sports
Features/Columnists
You cannot borrow your way to prosperity
Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News-The Jagdeo Doctrine is an absurd, reckless, and fundamentally shortsighted economic fallacy.... more
OAS Secretary General Election and renewed OAS Consensus
Antiguan Barbudan Ambassador to the United States, Sir Ronald Sanders By Sir Ronald Sanders Kaieteur News- The upcoming election... more
Weekend Cartoon
