Rice production up by seven percent, export by 10 percent

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General Manager of Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB), Nizam Hassan, yesterday reported a production growth of seven percent, and an export growth of 10 percent at the end of November. According to Hassan, rice production, up to the end of November was 681,517 metric tonnes. This is a seven percent increase or 46,279 metric tonnes over the whole of 2014 production of 635,235 metric tonnes. “This reflects favourably, and this is because of the approaches that our farmers and all the other stakeholders have put into the industry to have the industry deliver,” Hassan told the Government Information Agency (GINA).(Kaieteurnews.com/photo:Kaieteurnews.com)…[+]