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Guyana to increase chicken production and produce sausage for export

Frozen Whole Chicken
Rice
Meat
Guyana
Published Jul 12, 2023

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Guyanese President Irfaan Ali has announced plans to make land available for rice production to boost the poultry industry. The aim is to increase stock chicken production, as well as produce sausages and nuggets for export to markets such as Cuba and the Dominican Republic. The government plans to co-invest with poultry producers in building slaughterhouses to manage periods of overabundance and ensure a stable supply of chicken at a reasonable price.
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Guyanese President Irfaan Ali announced on Friday that the government would make 10,1171 hectares of land available in East Berbice to increase rice production for the poultry industry, with the aim of increasing stock chicken production and beef production. sausages and nuggets. Addressing poultry producers, he said Guyana hopes to join neighboring Suriname, which will also provide 30,3514 hectares of land for grain cultivation to Caribbean Community (CARICOM) member countries. “If we can form a consortium here - we are the closest to Suriname - the area they identified is very close to Guyana; we are going to form a consortium and go after the 75 thousand hectares of land also for the production of grains but, in this case, we will be producing this grain for the regional market”, he said. Through a co-investment agreement between the government and the private sector, he said that chicken produced in Suriname and Guyana would be used to satisfy domestic demand, in addition to ...
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