This is classic rass.

Right from under our feet, this rug was pulled.

Up to now the PPP Guvment (spelt this way to show is a donkey kart Government) cannot get a phyto-sanitary agreement with the Caribbean Region and here come Johnny come lately to CARICOM, SURINAM and win this contract.

Rawbet Persaud should be fired for being such a brain less shxx scholar.

He screwed up all the negotiations with Trinidad and Barbados and Antigua.

Now Suriname lock down every single one of these contracts and even building an agro-processing factory.

God save Guyana from these brain less fleas.  They only know how to tief but cannot develop anything.  They are like KING KONG.  Everything they touch tun to shxx!

"...The cassava project is a private enterprise of Robert Power, food expert and honorary consul of Barbados, and Kamela Madho, economist and Lackin’s concubine..."

I wonder what  is the relevance of the highlighted part to the cassava project. Perhaps there is a special variety of cassava that  can only be successfully propagated by concubinage? 

Guyana avails itself to CARICOM for agricultural development

Guyana has offered its rich agricultural resources to CARICOM in the pursuit of food production and Jamaica is taking up the offer by seeking Guyana’s expertise in the growing of rice in Jamaica.
Speaking at the opening ceremony of the Twenty-Seventh Special Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) on Agriculture and Food Security at the Le Meridien, Pegasus, on Monday, Jamaican Minister of Agriculture, Dr Christopher Tufton, said that soaring commodity prices have now forced many governments to rethink their agricultural strategy.

Production plans, which were shelved when food was ‘cheap’, he noted, are now being ‘dusted off’ as the dynamics have shifted to cause such things as the growing of rice, corn, soya and sorghum to become once again feasible.

Similarly, in Jamaica, Dr. Tufton said, they are seeking to restore the Dairy Industry, which is not only a critical source of protein, but also the sad victim of misguided liberalisation policies in the past.
“As we strive to restore production capacity, regional cooperation is going to be important. Therefore, we want to collaborate with Guyana for expertise in the growing of rice in Jamaica. In those areas where we possess the skills and competencies, such as fruit tree crops, growing of vegetable and poultry production, we are also willing to collaborate,” Dr. Tufton added.
There is no doubt that some of these production initiatives will require significant capital outlay, he said.
Similar capital is required to install critical infrastructure relating to food health and safety, research, irrigation, he said.
Within this context, he added, the region welcomes the donors meeting, which was convened last year, and look forward to the investment forum planned for next month.
Meanwhile, Guyana’s Agriculture Minister, Robert Persaud, in offering the country’s agricultural resources stated that with President Bharrat Jagdeo as CARICOM’s Lead Head of Government with responsibility for agriculture has committed to taking a leadership role in the regional response to the food crisis.
“Our economy is primarily agriculture-based. We have an abundance of arable land and vast reserves of water resources.”
He encouraged the Agriculture Ministers at the meeting to join Guyana in the ‘Grow More Food’ campaign.
“We have also launched a Grow More Food campaign not only to ensure adequate food for our own people, but to be able to assist in meeting the food needs of the entire region,” Persaud said.
Persaud also stated that Guyana is happy to be collaborating with various stakeholders on the upcoming Agriculture Investment Forum scheduled to be held in Georgetown within the next two weeks.
“Investment, particularly private sector investment, in the agriculture sector in recent years has been sadly lacking with many countries in the region preferring to focus on services.”
With agriculture becoming a more profitable enterprise and with the changing global reality, the region hopes to attract serious investors, who will enable the achievement of the vision for agriculture in the Caribbean.
Even before the present food price spike, President Jagdeo had pointed out that ‘a renewed and competitive agriculture sector will not only earn money for this region, but also provide the critical food security that we need’.
This need has not changed, Persaud said, but rather it has intensified over recent months.
“The people of the region must know that we are serious about our commitment to fast track the regional drive for realizing our agricultural potential and become food self sufficient.”
This special meeting on Agriculture and Food Security is a precursor to the Agriculture Investment Forum to be held in June.
Meanwhile, yesterday the Ministry of Agriculture in a brief statement said in the wake of media enquiries it wishes to state that the comments made by Minister Persaud at the COTED opening ceremony should not be interpreted as a lack of recognition of the work of the CARICOM Secretariat staffers.
The Minister’s comment, the statement said, was intended to highlight a concern about the lack of movement on the establishment of an expert CARICOM Team on Sanitary Phyto-Sanitary measures.
On Monday, Persaud lashed out at the CARICOM Secretariat, noting that it is time the Secretariat reviews how it coordinates with its lead agencies on agricultural development in order to enhance accountability.
Persaud said that several proposals were agreed upon by the CARICOM Heads of Government during the 12th special meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community in December of 2007 but six months later, many of those measures are yet to be implemented.
These measures, he said, were meant to be instituted immediately to cushion the impact of rising food prices.
The statement issued yesterday added that the Ministry acknowledges the hard work and effort of the secretariat’s staff as the region seeks to deal with the new and emerging challenges and opportunities for the Agriculture sector and Food Security and Food Sovereignty for its people.

Guyana still whining and dining CARICOM while Suriname feed off the trough.

Rawbert buy more black tie and more suits and them farmers in Suriname will eat your bacon for you.  Why, they got professionals in their public service, not KANtractors.

There are some here who would make references to the Amerindian people and casava cultivation with scorn and contempt.

1. Suriname’s agricultural sector is export oriented.

2. Suriname wishes to continue and expand its agricultural exports and  is making the necessary policy and institutional adjustments and adopts  appropriate strategies.

3. To comply with the WTO Sanitary and Phyto-sanitary measures, the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Fisheries (LVV) of Suriname, in September 2001, established and operated an Agricultural Health and Food Safety Unit (AHFSU) to coordinate health and food safety issues and activities.

4. During the period 2001 – 2004, with the support of an IDB loan and technical assistance of the Inter-American Institute of Corporation for Agriculture (IICA) in Suriname, the Ministry of LVV implemented an LVV-IICA-IDB project entitled “Establishing and operating an Agricultural Health and Food Safety Unit” for Suriname to facilitate WTO/SPS Compliance.  

 Achievements of AHFSU:
- The establishment and operation of  an “Agricultural Health and Food
Safety Unit” (AHFSU) to comply  with the WTO/SPS agreement to
facilitate production and trade;

- Establishment of a Surveillance and Monitoring System for Animal and
Plant Pests and Disease through national farmers registration for livestock
and crops;

- Farmers registration on a national level;

The aim of the strengthening and upgrading of our “Agricultural Health and
Food Safety Unit (AHFSU)” is to improve:

- the Agricultural Health Service of Suriname to facilitate increased
production and trade.

MAN I SICK AND TIRED OF THESE JAGABATS IN THE PPP.

THEY JUST MESSING UP EVERYTHING THAT GUYANA IS GREAT AT.

REASONS WHY GUYANA CONTINUE TO FAIL

To comply with the WTO Sanitary and Phyto-sanitary measures, the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Fisheries (LVV) of Suriname, in September 2001, established and operated an Agricultural Health and Food Safety Unit (AHFSU) to coordinate health and food safety issues and activities.  RAWBERT still pumping on this issue and now he pass the pumping to LAAR 'sticky fingers" SAMMY.

4. During the period 2001 – 2004, with the support of an IDB loan and technical assistance of the Inter-American Institute of Corporation for Agriculture (IICA) in Suriname, the Ministry of LVV implemented an LVV-IICA-IDB project entitled “Establishing and operating an Agricultural Health and Food Safety Unit” for Suriname to facilitate WTO/SPS Compliance.  STILL TO BE CONCEIVED SINCE RAWBART SHOOT BLANK BULLETS AND LAARSAMMY CONTINUING THE THREND.

 Achievements of AHFSU:
- The establishment and operation of  an “Agricultural Health and Food
Safety Unit” (AHFSU) to comply  with the WTO/SPS agreement to
facilitate production and trade;

- Establishment of a Surveillance and Monitoring System for Animal and
Plant Pests and Disease through national farmers registration for livestock
and crops;

THEM CHAPS SURVEILLING PEOPLE WITH ROHEE AND OMAR KHAN, NOT THE FOOD TRADE.

- Farmers registration on a national level;

DOES THE AGRICULTURE MINISTRY KNOWS WHO IS A FARMER AND WHERE HE LIVE AND WHAT HE PLANTING?

The aim of the strengthening and upgrading of our “Agricultural Health and
Food Safety Unit (AHFSU)” is to improve:

- the Agricultural Health Service of Suriname to facilitate increased
production and trade.

ALL THEM PPP PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT AGRICULTURE IS TO PAY A FRIEND BIG BUCKS TO DIG A DRAIN AND THEN PAY HIM AGAIN IN SIX MONTHS TO DIG IT AGAIN.

LAARNEL WORDSWORTH AND LAARSAMMY WILL MEK GOOD PARTNER IN LAARING THE COUNTRY. 

MORE CONTRACT PLEASE!  LEFT 10% ON THE TABLE PLEASE.

I hear you bai. Suriname is very aggressive in claiming bread basket status of CARICOM. 

Nehru Bhai, who is the Neemakaram NOW!

Try Suriname. Guyana only has rum and coke.

Then I will take Guyana anyday. Who needs Casavva when you have Rum and Coke.

Yeah but the type of coke you get in Guyana is of the powder variety.

The Surinamese built Marriot and Hilton hotels before thinking of cassava cultivation and export. Why would an economist advise us to cancel the investment in a world class Marriot Hotel and invest in cassava??

Boy! we Guyanese are real dumb people

The Surinamese didn't use government funds. They are pro private investments. The upshot of all that is that the economy is booming.

In Guyana a few rich people build a big mansion and suddenly people claim the Guyanese economy is booming. Far from it.

Hey Billy :

The Surinamese didn't use government funds.

That's the fundamental difference between Suriname and Guyana.

Obama used gov't funds to help the private sector.

You would like to see we use gov't funds to invest in cassava.

You are Burnhamite in your thinking. You went to school to learn how to plant pullowrie.

Oh rass, like the AFC boys want us to return to the days of rice flour. hahahahahhhhh, Burnham was a Bajan by birth, maybe he reincarnate in Bbados and will invent hybrid cassava bread. ahahahahah

GBURD you want i put a blind on you and let you pull my uncle donkey cart.one more time you bray and in the cart you go