Georgetown, Guyana
June 16, 2017
The Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) Delegation in Guyana in Collaboration with the New Guyana Marketing Corporation (NGMC) continues to provide technical assistance in the form of training of to farmers and agro-processors.
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Georgetown, Guyana
June 13, 2017
Globally, food and nutrition security are of paramount importance to many countries, Guyana being no exception. One body which is assisting in the fight to maintain food and nutrition security in Guyana is the National Codex Committee(NCC)whose mandate it is to facilitate national discussion on food safety issue and present positions on food safety issues affecting producers and consumers.
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Georgetown, Guyana
June 13, 2017
This was the theme of the recently concluded Annual General and Network Meetings of the Women Agro-processing Development Network (WADN) which has evolved after several years of agro-process being done mostly from the kitchen of our parents and grandparents and the products sold from small stands near the homesteads or directly from the kitchen door.
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Georgetown, Guyana
June 13, 2017
The IICA Delegation in Guyana in collaboration with the New Guyana Marketing Corporation for the past few months executed Cost of Production training sessions targeting both farmers and agro processors, so that they can adequately negotiate realistic and competitive prices on the market.
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Georgetown, Guyana
April 28, 2017
The Delegation of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture in Guyana in collaboration with the New Guyana Marketing Corporation and Propel facilitated a one-day Cost of Production workshop in the Village of St. Ignatius Region 9. The objective of the workshop was to empower farmers and agro-processors with the skills of identifying costs of input supplies and labour.
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Georgetown, Guyana
December 13, 2016
Under the 10th European Development Fund (EDF) Sanitary and Phyto-sanitary (SPS) Project, a highly-interactive course featuring an in-depth look at how you can gain a competitive advantage and improve your bottom line by enhancing your existing traceability system, was held public and private sector stakeholders. This comprehensive course also provided examples and case studies on traceability best practices. The Facilitators examined how food companies recognize efficiencies and gain market share by enhancing their traceability systems.
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Georgetown, Guyana
December 9, 2016
IICA facilitates visit of tissue culture expert from Mexico
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Georgetown, Guyana
October 7, 2016
Annual General Meeting of the Women's Agro-Processors Development Network in Guyana.
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Port of Spain, Trinidad
August 17, 2016
IICA as lead implementing agency seeks to strengthen capacities in three major areas: legislation, coordination and capacity building.
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