Guyana is among a number of Caribbean Community (Caricom) countries benefiting from the support of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in the development of a viable small ruminant industry in the region.
The FAO is currently in the process of implementing a project designed “to promote the strengthening of the small ruminant sector.” The sum of US$498,000 will directly benefit Antigua and Barbuda, the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dom-inica, Guyana, Grenada, Suriname, St Lucia, and St Kitts/Nevis.
Stabroek Business has learnt from the local office of the FAO that the overall objective of the project is “the modernization and strengthening of national and regional capacities to