Government on Friday launched a $20M national programme to improve livestock breeds to aid the industry’s growth with the aim of tapping into the world market, the Government Information Agency (GINA) reported.
Minister of Agriculture Robert Persaud at the official launch of the project at the Guyana School of Agricul-ture, Mon Repos stated that the short-term vision of the enhanced breeding programme is to have Guyana exporting in excess of US$2.5M worth of beef by 2014 while the long-term goal is to export meat in excess of US$25M by 2020.
CARICOM imports all its meats as far as from New Zealand and Central America and if Guyana is able to develop its livestock industry as speedily as
