All posts by: Davin Panday
Over the years, the GRDB has compiled many brochures and informative pamphlets to distribute to various persons in the rice industry, in the hopes of enhancing their knowledge and allowing them to better understand the functions of GRDB, the works we carry out and other useful information on the industry as a whole. Please find these […]
A Virtual Presentation was done on the Findings and testing of the New Genotype (Candidate Variety) rice by GRDB’s Chief Scientist, Dr. Mahendra Persaud A.A – October 28th, 2020. Click to View. “Plant Breeding is the art and science of changing the traits of plants in order to product desired characteristics.” – Sleper and Poehlman, […]
A Virtual Presentation on New Strategies for The Management of Major Rice Diseases in Guyana by GRDB’s Plant Pathologist, Dr. Rajendra Persaud A.A – October 13th, 2020. Click to View. Plant Pathology is defined as the study of the organisms and environmental conditions that causes disease in plants; the mechanisms by which this occurs, the interactions […]
A Virtual Presentation on Paddy Bug and Paddy Bug Management by GRDB’s Entomologist, Dr. Viviane Baharally – October 21st, 2020. Click to View. Entomology is the study of insects. At GRDB, entomology includes the study of the major pests of rice. Areas of focus include: Species identification and distribution Rice ecosystem biodiversity Arthropod population dynamics […]
The GRDB’s General Manager and other senior managers took time out of their busy schedules, to join the rest of Guyana in planting trees in observance of national tree day. Do your part…plant a tree today and help to make Guyana Green.
2012 can be considered a successful year for the rice industry, where rice producti on was recorded at 422,057 tonnes – by far the largest ever producti on in our history, compared with 2011, which was 402,000 tonnes. Export was 334,140 tonnes – the second largest ever (2010 was the largest amount of 336,313 tonnes), […]
2010 can be considered a year of many challenges. The year started with El Nino conditions and ended with the opposite- La Nina conditions. Despite the many challenges, we have experienced a record year for exports and a very good year for production. This is due to no small sacrifice of the farmers; as we […]
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