President Irfaan Ali speaking with residents at Hubu Village
President Irfaan Ali has announced an initiative aimed at income generation through egg production for residents of Hubu Village, East Bank Essequibo, Region Three (Essequibo Islands – West Demerara).
Speaking at a community meeting with residents of Hubu Village on Thursday, the Head of State highlighted the severity of the issue and how the move can benefit residents, especially females.
“There is another big issue that we have. We have a shortage of duck on the market, so the ministry is now running a programme called the Duck Breeding Programme. Now, this is not a programme where you will be eating the ducks that you are rearing.”
Scores of residents at the meeting on Thursday
He explained that the programme is solely focused on egg production for hatching purposes.
“This is a programme where we will help you—especially women—to set up a facility, but you must sell the eggs back to us. The ministry buys those eggs from you. So, for those persons willing to participate in the Duck Breeding Program, we are ready to support you.” The Guyana Livestock Development Authority (GLDA), through the Agriculture Ministry, is actively involved in a duck breeding programme, primarily focused on Muscovy ducks for meat production. They have imported ducklings from the US to enhance their breeding stock and support local farmers. The GLDA also provides farmers with ducklings for rearing, and the authority has invested in a modular duck processing facility to handle the growing production.
Meanwhile, the Guyanese leader also emphasised the government’s commitment to supporting other agricultural initiatives.
He revealed that 20 hybrid rams will soon be made available to farmers in the area.
“We are willing to make 20 of those hybrid rams available to the farmers here. We’ll bring them, and you all can decide how you want to deploy these rams. Dr Waldron will be working with you on this.”
Keeping his focus on agriculture, President Ali highlighted infrastructural development plans, particularly the construction of three critical bridges leading to Morashee Village (East Bank Essequibo).
“Another issue we have is the condition of three heavy-duty bridges going to Morashee. These bridges were brought to my attention, and we are going to invest in them. I’ve asked the engineer to design those bridges, and by next week we should go out to tender so that the contracts can be awarded in the coming weeks.”
When the president asked if the bridges were important to the residents, the crowd responded with a resounding round of applause and scores of enthusiastic “yes”, affirming their significance to the community.
The Guyana Livestock Development Authority (GLDA), through the Agriculture Ministry, is actively involved in a duck breeding programme, primarily focused on Muscovy ducks for meat production. They have imported ducklings from the US to enhance their breeding stock and support local farmers. The GLDA also provides farmers with ducklings for rearing, and the authority has invested in a modular duck processing facility to handle the growing production.
