Hope Coconut Industries was proud to be part of the World Food Day 2025 Exhibition, held at the Albion Community Centre Ground. Here’s a glimpse into our display celebrating local agriculture, sustainability, and innovation in coconut-based products.
AGRICULTURE Minister, Zulfikar Mustapha, on Thursday, commissioned the Hope Dehydrating Facility at Hope Estate on the East Coast of Demerara. According to the Department of Public Information (DPI), the $14.3 million facility will benefit over 200 persons including farmers, agro-processors, women, youth, and other stakeholders, allowing them to improve their business development skills while earning…
At the forefront of coconut production in the Caribbean COCONUTE are everywhere in Guyana, from the sweet water Guyanese relish to the husk used for several purposes. These resilient crops are a part of a larger industry. Tons of coconuts are exported and traded daily across the world. In Guyana, however, this massive industry is…
COCONUT production is essential to Guyana’s booming agriculture sector, and Hope Coconut Industries Limited (HCIL)’s General Manager Ricky Roopchand has two active programmes to make coconut production viable for all farmers nationwide. He told the Pepperpot Magazine that the coconut industry has the National Coconut Decentralisation programme, where an adequate number of seedlings are produced…
PRODUCTION of coconuts in Guyana is expected to double, as the government, through the Ministry of Agriculture, is looking to cultivate this crop along the banks of major rivers across Guyana. This was according to Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha, during a public engagement with residents of Mocha/Arcadia on the East Bank of Demerara, on…
FARMERS in Lethem, Region Nine (Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo), will now have easier access to an adequate number of high-quality seedlings at an affordable cost. That’s according to the General Manager of Hope Coconut Industries Limited (Hope Estate), Ricky Roopchand, who told the Sunday Chronicle during an interview that the acquisition of the high-quality plants was…
THE Ministry of Agriculture’s Hope Coconut Industries Limited, in collaboration with the Caribbean Agriculture Research and Development Institute (CARDI) hosted an exercise to launch the Brazilian Green Dwarf coconut variety in Guyana. The first shipment comprising 1,000 seed nuts arrived in Guyana from Brazil last October, paving the way for intensive research and product development…
–CARDI’s Executive Director THE global coconut industry is expanding, and so is the industry in the Caribbean, with Guyana being among the top producers. Speaking on Day Two of the Agri-Investment Forum and Expo, Ansari Hosein, Executive Director of the Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute (CARDI), gave some insight into the development of the…
AGRICULTURE Minister, Zulfikar Mustapha, on Monday, commissioned several pieces of equipment that forms part of the 2021 capital expenditure for the Mahaica Mahaicony Abary Agriculture Development Authority (MMA-ADA) and the Hope Coconut Industries Limited (HCI Ltd). The respective agencies expended more than $74.4 million to procure two long-reach excavators and a tractor with accompanying implements….
Hope Coconut Industries Ltd. started cocounut cultivation in 1934. The estate was later bought by the Governmnet where it reamains under their control. Read More.