The government is moving aggressively to establish a massive hatching egg industry to support Guyana’s burgeoning poultry sector, the Department of Public Information (DPI) reported yesterday.
DPI said that the country currently imports approximately 52 million eggs annually at a cost of some $350 million.
Agriculture Minister, Zulfikar Mustapha told DPI that the large sum that is expended yearly could remain in Guyana to expand the local poultry industry and develop other sectors.
“We are working with a company in Brazil to start and GLDA [Guyana Livestock Development Authority] is working aggressively. I am hoping in the new year we can launch that project and start producing our own hatching eggs and be self-sufficient,” Mustapha told DPI.
The plan for the project had been hinted at by President Irfaan Ali who explained that his government will work with communities like St. Cuthbert’s Mission in Region Four on the venture.
The PPP/C Government has started working with large poultry producers in a consortium to produce their own corn and soya for the production of feed to support the industry.
