Investment, research to advance livestock sector – Ramsammy

Agriculture Minister Dr Leslie Ramsammy inspects some of the Black Belly Sheep that were up for auction at the GLDA last week as part of the agency’s third anniversary observances (Agriculture Ministry photo)

The Ministry of Agricul-ture plans to take the livestock sector to new heights through investment and research in livestock husbandry, the completion of the US$2.5M veterinary lab and the development of a small ruminant farm.

This was announced last week by Agriculture Minister Dr Leslie Ramsammy as the Guyana Livestock Development Auth-ority (GLDA) marked its third anniversary.

According to a statement from the ministry, in underscoring the importance of the sector, Ramsammy said Guyana taking a lead role