Agricultural Institutions
The Agriculture In-Service Training & Communication Centre (AITCC), as the Headquarters of the Extension Service in Guyana, is specifically charged with providing a substantive linkage between local and international research agencies and local farmers. They also provide technical training programmes and the publication and dissemination of educational information to farmers and technicians in each of the regions. For more information about the Agriculture In-Service Training and Communications Centre... The Faculty of Agriculture at the University of Guyana provides training to the degree level in agriculture science, and is one of the three institutions concerned with the training of technicians in the agricultural sector. For more information about the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Guyana... The Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) is a statutory body that, in addition to providing overall policy direction, provides research, extension, quality control and market facilitation services to the rice industry. The GRDB also produces regular statistics on production and marketing of rice. For more information about the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB)... The Guyana School of Agriculture (GSA) provides training to the certificate and diploma level in agriculture, and is one of the three institutions concerned with the training of technicians in the agricultural sector. For more information about the Guyana School of Agriculture... The sugar industry is operated principally by GUYSUCO, a single state-owned corporation, on a fully commercial basis. For more information about GUYSUCO and the sugar industry... Hydromet's mission is to observe, archive and understand Guyanese weather and climate and provide meteorological, hydrological and oceanographic services in support of Guyana's national needs and international obligations. Hydromet's activities include monitoring, research, provision of services and coordination of Guyana's involvement in various regional and international conventions. For more information about Hydromet's Services... The Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) institutionalizes a hemispheric-wide system of technical and financial support in the fields of Trade and Investment, Science, Technology and Natural Resources, Agricultural Health and Rural Development. IICA also provides wide international technical support in training, education, communications, information, documentation and informatics. For more information about IICA... The Lands and Surveys department is legally charged with the responsibility of managing all state-owned lands, and specifically for making such lands available to the farming community of a lease-hold or free-hold basis, according to policy. It is also a repository of a wealth of geographical and cadastral data. The department is shortly to be converted to a semi-autonomous agency. For more information about the Lands and Surveys Commission... The Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) and the Ministry of Fisheries, Crops & Livestock (MFCL), are the two principal governmental agencies charged with the responsibility of promoting agricultural development in Guyana. The MOA also coordinates the activities of several departments and semi-autonomous bodies covering the the major export crops (sugar and rice) and including land administration, research drainage and irrigation and hydrometeorology. For more information about the Ministry of Agriculture... The Ministry of Fisheries, Crops & Livestock (MFCL) and the Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) are the two principal governmental agencies charged with the responsibility of promoting agricultural development in Guyana. The MFCL also has a responsibility for the Forestry sector, with the associated implementing agency being the semi-autonomous Forestry Commission. The activities of the MFCL are separated into two operating units: Fisheries and Crops & Livestock. The Fisheries Department is responsible for the management, regulation,
promotion and sustainable development of Guyana’s fishery resources. Their mandate covers both marine and inland resources Crops & Livestock are responsible for the provision of extension services including the production of both crops and livestock as well as agricultural health activities for both plants and animals. For more information about the Ministry of Fisheries, Crops & Livestock... The National Agricultural Research Institute (NARI) operates as the principal agricultural research agency in Guyana responsible for increasing the productivity of crops and livestock for national self-sufficiency and export. The research projects support plant protection, biotechnology, soil microbiology, soil and plant analysis. For more information about the National Agricultural Research Institute (NARI)... The National Dairy Development Programme (NDDP) was established on March 1st, 1984 to undertake the catalyst role in promoting the development of the cattle industry with the objectives of i) attaining self-sufficiency in local milk production and ii) increasing beef production to go beyond our present self-sufficiency and develop and export market within CARICOM in the first instance. For more information about the National Dairy Development Programme (NDDP)... The National Drainage and Irrigation Board (NDIB) deals with all public matters pertaining to management, improvement, extension and provision of drainage, irrigation and flood control infrastructure and services in declared areas of the country. For more information about the National Drainage and Irrigation Board (NDIB)... The "New" Guyana Marketing Corporation (NGMC) is charged with providing market facilitation services to the private sector for the export of non-traditional agricultural produce which include facilitating local market development, developing and disseminating post-harvest technology and providing appropriate market research. For more information about the 'New' Guyana Marketing Corporation (NGMC)... This page was designed and developed by the Ministry of Agriculture, Regent & Vlissengen Rds, Georgetown, Guyana, South America, P.O. Box: 1001 If you have any questions or comments, please contact "guyagri@hotmail.com" |
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