Prolonged controversy over Guyana’s rice exports to Jamaica appears to have arrived at a positive juncture, at least for the time being with the announcement earlier this week that local rice exports to Jamaica will increase to 55,000 tonnes this year.
The announcement, made by the Ministry of Agriculture following a visit to Jamaica by Agriculture Minister Robert Persaud where he met Jamaican Commerce Minister Carl Samuda and local rice importers means that Guyana has