Guyana's Minister of Agriculture told a private sector delegation from the Brazilian state of Roraima that Region Nine was an ideal area for expanding agricultural investments, with availability of land suitable for mega-farms.
The farm intends to cultivate 500 acres of field crops and has already leased 100 acres from the Guyana Lands & Surveys Commission which has made arrangements for another 150 acres held by farmers under lease from the government.
The company behind the Mennonite project, Terra Invest Suriname & Guyana, is looking to obtain 30,000 hectares for approximately 1,000 Mennonite families, but could go as high as 90,000 hectares.
The company acquired 25,000 acres of land in the Tacama Savannah, within the Ebini area, located up the Upper Berbice River in Region 10.
Millets acquired through a partnership with India will be produced at Tacama Landing along the Berbice River as the country strives to achieve its ambitious food security goal.
Work is progressing on the joint venture between Demerara Distillers Limited and the LR Group of Israel, with land clearing and preparation of the first 100 acres currently in progress.
Guyana President Mohamed Irfaan Ali offered India 200 acres of land for exclusive cultivation and production of millets in honour of the United Nations declaring the year 2023 as the International Year of Millet
Tacama Gold, a company owned by Guyanase and Brazilian businessmen, requested 85,000 acres of land but was given 27,000, so that the venture could be assessed before additional land was given.
The Guyanese president asked India to send a team of experts to set up millets farm in Guyana and promised all help in production and promotion of millets in the Caribbean and Latin American countries
The multi-million dollar project would require approximately 600 acres of land, create dozens of jobs and see the importation of 500 pregnant heifers to supply the milk production.
Emirati giant Elite Agro LLC is looking for opportunities to invest in specific commodities in the agriculture sector that can be produced in Guyana on a large scale.
Elite Agro, which farms tens of thousands of hectares in various parts of the world, may invest in the large-scale production of corn and soybean in Guyana, as well as seafood
