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If we appear persistent in our call for the government to prepare, publish, and implement a countrywide programme of activities to mark International Year of Fruits and Vegetables (IYFV), so designated by the United Nations since December last year, that is because we see possibilities not just for Guyana’s participation in a global event that can boost the morale of the large numbers of local farmers during a period of trials and frustrations, but also because we can use IYFV as an important base on which to further consolidate an agricultural sector that is of significance to building a food-secure regime both here in Guyana and in the wider Caribbean.

Not for the first time in recent years, a head of the Guyana Office for Investment (GO-INVEST), Guyana’s state agency responsible for facilitating potential investors from overseas seeking to learn more about the procedures associated with investing in Guyana, has been sending deliberate signals about the agency’s preparedness to facilitate such inquiries.

With threats to food security in the Caribbean looming large on account of the increasing impact of climate change on the region’s agricultural sector, and more recently, the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, Caribbean Community (CARICOM) member countries in partnership with the Government of Canada and the Food & Agriculture Organization (FAO) through its “Cooperation for Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience in the Caribbean” initiative are embarking on a drive to help the region adapt to climate change through the application of digital technologies.

At 54, Patricia Persaud appears to reflect on her life with a considerable measure of satisfaction.

Whilst fear of US sanctions still appears to be serving as a deterrent to international oil companies doing business with both Iran and Venezuela, the two countries are reportedly finding ways of helping each other resolve their oil-related problems associated with the sanctions imposed by the United States. 

What is known as Parika Back is an expansive area situated roughly two and a half miles from the Parika Public Road.

As international organisations continue to increase their focus on the prognosis for both the speed and extent of Caribbean economies’ recovery from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Bank was last week projecting that while there is likely to occur a ‘degree of recovery” in Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries this year, the ongoing impact of the pandemic notwithstanding, it was unlikely that the extent of that recovery would be sufficient to compensate for the ravages of 2020.

Tazmein Coats-Crawford is a wife and mother of three and a passionate entrepreneur.

Neighbouring countries are reportedly monitoring closely, what may be drifting towards an out-of-control situation in Brazil, by far South America’s single biggest country, as its COVID-19 infections and deaths continue to rise inexorably.

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 906’s trading results showed consideration of $18,136,621 from 216,244 shares traded in 33 transactions as compared to session 905’s trading results which showed consideration of $9,104,182 from 48,311 shares traded in 25 transactions.

One of the articles published in this week’s issue of the Stabroek Business addresses the efforts which we stated are being made by Chief Executive Officer of the Guyana Office for Investment (GO-INVEST) Dr Peter Ramsaroop and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hugh Todd, to draw attention to the government’s efforts, through the vehicles of their respective portfolios, to create a climate more convivial to attracting foreign investment.

Gold Prices for the three day period ending Thursday March 18, 2021 Kitco is a Canadian company that buys and sells precious metals such as gold, copper and silver.

SB: After the recent Market Day at Mocha, you advocated that the farmers and agro-processors there be afforded a market as well as processing & packaging facilities.

The bountiful spread of fruit and vegetable ‘markets’ that manifest themselves across the country including evidence of a marked increase in the number of new vendors at various vantage points across the capital and in parts of other regions, is one of the many manifestations of the aggressive pursuit of entrepreneurial options arising out of the economic squeeze created by the onset of Covid-19.

By Deodat Maharaj   Caribbean economies have largely been primary producers with a focus on commodities for much of our history.

For all the damage that has been inflicted on Jamaica’s tourism industry by the onset of COVID-19, notably its impact on tourist arrivals and consequential tourist spending, the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) territory continues to back its visitor appeal by projecting a better year for the industry, the ongoing travails of the pandemic notwithstanding.