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East Berbice-Corentyne (Region 6) is one of ten regions in Guyana covering the whole of the east of the country. It borders the Atlantic Ocean to the north, the Nickerie District and Sipaliwini District of Suriname to the east, Brazil to the south and the regions of Mahaica-Berbice, Upper Demerara-Berbice, Potaro-Siparuni and Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo to the west.
The extent of Guyana's economic decline in the 1980s was clearly reflected in the performance of the sugar sector. Production levels were halved, from 324,000 tons in 1978 to 168,000 tons in 1988. [8] Guyana exported about 85 percent of its annual sugar output, making sugar the largest source of foreign exchange.
An agricultural cooperative, also known as a farmers' co-op, is a producer cooperative in which farmers pool their resources in certain areas of activities.. A broad typology of agricultural cooperatives distinguishes between agricultural service cooperatives, which provide various services to their individually-farming members, and agricultural production cooperatives in which production ...
Gujarat State Co-operative Agriculture and Rural Development Bank Ltd., 489, Ashram road, Ahmedabad-9, Gujarat. Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation Ltd. (GCMMF) Gujarat State Co-operative Cotton Federation. Ltd. Ahmedabad-9. Haryana Dairy Development Cooperative Federation Ltd. Sector 17-C, Chandigarh 160017
Cane Grove is an agricultural community in the Demerara-Mahaica Region of Guyana, standing at sea level on the coastal plain, along the Mahaica River, about eight kilometres upstream of its mouth. John Carter , Guyana's first ambassador to the United States and a key figure in the pre-independence turmoil of what was, before 1966, British ...
Minister of Agriculture (Guyana) P. Peanut production in Guyana; R. Rice production in Guyana
With 215,000 square kilometres (83,000 sq mi), Guyana is the fourth-smallest country on mainland South America after Uruguay, Suriname and French Guiana. The main economic activities in Guyana are agriculture (production of rice and Demerara sugar ), bauxite mining, gold mining, timber, shrimp fishing and minerals.
Peanut production in Guyana plays an important role in some areas of the country. In the remote Rupununi region of Guyana, peanut farming dominates the local economy and farmers depend upon the crop as their main source of income. Recent agricultural developments have enhanced production from 1,100 pounds per acre to over 2,500 in four years. [1]