Evidence of the continual strengthening of links between the agricultural and agro-processing sectors is evidenced in the fact that, increasingly and as their financial fortunes become more favourable, agro-processors are beginning to examine the prospects of investing in modest agricultural plots, sufficient to cultivate crops that are tied to their agro-processing pursuits and perhaps to utilise whatever remains for their own purposes.
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By Raymond Trotz Introduction With the advent of oil, talk of diversifying our economy has intensified with particular emphasis on its agricultural base.
Not everyone has had the opportunity to transform a passion into a full-fledged business enterprise, so that for all the challenges that she has had to face in the process of so doing, Melana Hudson concedes not just that she is privileged to enjoy the best of both worlds but that she never fails to count her blessings.
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Gold Prices for the three day period ending Thursday February 27, 2020
• 813 grants disbursed 2014 -2019 • 78% of clients still in business A packed reception hall at the Regency Suites Hotel in Georgetown on Friday, February 14, witnessed the staging of the first ever awards ceremony hosted by the local Small Business Bureau (SBB) just over six years after government had teamed up with the Inter-American Development Bank to unveil a US$10 million initiative targeting local resource-starved small businesses by offering loans and grants to their proprietors and providing guarantees for loans secured from local commercial banks.
More robust financial backing for its member countries is one of the standout undertakings given by the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) through its president, Dr Warren Smith, in Barbados last week.
If she concedes that her own pursuit of a career in creative disciplines arose out of being “first pushed by my mother,” Shonta Noel is quick to add that she had always been aware of the need “to be my own person” rather than to dwell “in the shadow of my mother.”
Local education on the peculiarities of the oil & gas industry are likely to come thick and fast even as Guyana proceeds to reap the anticipated rich returns from it world-class oil find.
One of the key functions of the Guyana Shop, as we understand it, is to serve as a display and marketing facility to raise awareness of the availability of some local products, mostly foods, beverages, spices and condiments as they become available.
For more than ten years Marisa Jaisingh has been steadily honing her skills in a wide array of decorating services, not least, what she says is the increasing in-demand skill of balloon artistry and, over time, transforming her talents into a business enterprise which, she says, is paying dividends.
Kitco Market Data Gold Prices for the three day period ending Thursday February 20, 2020Kitco is a Canadian company that buys and sells precious metals such as gold, copper and silver.
*Prices only represent the average Wholesale Farmgate and Retail Prices at the above mentioned markets and are NOT prices set by the Guyana MArketing Corporation or Ministry of Agriculture.
A week ago today the Small Business Bureau (SBB) held its first ever Awards Presentation ceremony to recognize those small businesses which, with its help have been able to grow their enterprises to a level that had won them pleasing levels of recognition and patronage.
GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 865’s trading results showed consideration of $7,348,114 from 90,616 shares traded in 9 transactions as compared to session 864’s trading results which showed consideration of $9,883,937 from 103,058 shares traded in 26 transactions.
Guyana’s 2015 oil find and more specifically the country’s anticipated 120,000 barrels per day production is expected to be the main driver behind the Caribbean Development Bank’s (CDB) projected regional GDP growth of 4.1% for 2020, the Bank’s President Dr Warren Smith declared at a press conference in Barbados on Tuesday.
In pursuit of what the Guyana Marketing Corporation (GMC) says is its sustained drive to optimise market opportunities for local agricultural and agro-processed produce among local consumers, the state agency will, on Friday, February 22, stage a Mini Mash Market Expo in collaboration with Coss Cutters at its Farm, East Bank Demerara, outlet.
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