Guyana inks landmark deal with Blumberg Grain & Logistics to boost regional food exports

… MoU aims to position Caribbean produce on global market

Guyana has inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with US agribusiness powerhouse Blumberg Grain & Logistics, cementing an international partnership that is poised to catapult Caribbean-grown produce onto the global stage.
The MoU, signed on Wednesday in a high-stakes meeting at the Agriculture Ministry’s boardroom, formalises a new alliance focused on marketing and branding the soon-to-be-completed regional food hub at Yarrowkabra, a key pillar in President Dr Irfaan Ali’s aggressive food security agenda.
In his address at the ceremony, Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha disclosed that the agreement also lays the foundation for integrating modern marketing strategies and branding mechanisms to expand Guyana’s agricultural exports and secure a stronger presence in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and South American markets.

Highlighting that Guyana is the only country in the world that can feed its citizens, Mustapha noted that the MoU further complements work executed by the People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C) over the past five years.
“As Guyana is now developing its infrastructure in the country, we are also lending expertise and assistance to member states in CARICOM. Only yesterday we heard the heads of government concluded its meeting in Jamaica, and we heard, coming out of the communique, that food security is one of the most important items in CARICOM’s agenda moving forward. And the PPP civic government, over the years, has increased budgetary allocation from 2020, when I became Minister of Agriculture, from $13 billion to today’s $106 billion, leaving out the other direct investment like this, what we will be executing here this morning,” Mustapha said.
Meanwhile, Blumberg Grain & Logistics’s Executive Vice President, Jeff Speaks, echoed similar sentiments, pointing to Guyana’s unmatched agricultural potential and strategic geographic location as a launchpad for penetrating both CARICOM and South American markets.
“The president wants a food hub, and the minister has reinforced that in Guyana to serve not just the country but CARICOM and parts of South America. And we’re prepared to join the minister and the president in that effort to create a major regional hub. My confidence in the president’s vision for this country allows me to make announcements here today that I have not made publicly. We will invest. Not only will we do this project, and I hope others will too, but there’s been a discussion of rice and meat and poultry and so forth and even a port project. But the reality is we’re prepared to invest in processing on our account of Guyana agriculture products,” Speaks said.
The Yarrowkabra Food Hub, located on the bustling Soesdyke-Linden Highway, is being designed as a state-of-the-art agro-processing, logistics, and export hub — a game-changing nerve centre intended to slash post-harvest losses, streamline distribution, and drive unprecedented market access for farmers across the region.
Guyana’s partnership with Blumberg Grain & Logistics brings cutting-edge marketing intelligence, branding expertise, and access to high-value markets to the table.