All posts by: Davin Panday
Chapter 72:01 Guyana Rice Development Board Act Section 40 The Board may, on the payment of such fees as may be prescribed by the Minister by regulations, grant a licence to any manufacturer, or any other person who proposes to carry on the business of export of padi or rice or any other product of […]
Dated: 19th May, 2017 GRDB Distances Itself From ‘Fake Rice’ The Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) has noted with great concern the presence of video recordings being circulated of plastic rice and wish to make it clear that there has been no confirmation of plastic rice in our market. The homemade video recordings being posted […]
The Guyana rice industry performed very well in 2015, in spite of various challenges such as the unfavourable weather conditions, low prices for paddy and loss of a premium market. Production for 2015 closed at 1,058,129 metric tonnes paddy, which is equivalent to 687,784 metric tonnes of rice. This is the highest production recorded in the […]
The 2017 figures for the first crop of paddy have shown that Guyana’s rice industry is progressing as opposed to claims made that the industry is failing. Extension Manager at the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) Mr. Kuldip Ragnauth has indicated that rice production figures are expected to be higher than last year’s based on […]
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