Monthly Archives: August 2017

GRDB on Monday, 28th August 2017, hosted its annual Bursary Awards Ceremony for the children of Employees, Rice Farmers and Millers who would have excelled in their National Grade Six Assessments for the year. Awards and incentives were handed over to the students who would have met the criteria set out by the GRDB. Among […]

Management and Staff of the GRDB are currently performing outreaches in the Wakenaam and Leguan areas, to interact with farmers and other stakeholders in those areas and have a better understanding of issues affecting their production, as well as listen to their success stories. Present were General Manager (ag) Ms. Allison Peters & Quality Control […]

This advisory is being provided to inform rice farmers of Farmers Field School Sessions coming to an area near you. Please keep a copy of this schedule handy, and make every effort to attend a session near you.  

The Guyana National Bureau of Standards presented the Guyana Rice Development Board’s Central Laboratory on Wednesday August 16th, 2017 with the Laboratory Certification Programme Certificate to continue operating as a grading laboratory for testing of rice and paddy for a period of two years. GRDB has worked assiduously over the years to maintain the requirements […]

Management and Staff of the GRDB are currently performing outreaches in the Region 6 area, to hear from some of the farmers about hindrances that may be affecting them. Among those present are GRDB’s General Manager (ag) Ms. Allison Peters, Extension Manager (ag) Mr. Bissessar Persaud, Quality Control Manager (ag) Mr. Dhirendranath Singh, Entomologist Dr. […]