FARMERS of the Hope Estate are becoming less dependent on traditional cash crops and have turned to the cultivation of onions with the help of the World University Service of Canada (WUSC) through its PROPEL initiative. In an effort to foster crop diversification in the farming community, PROPEL has approached ten female farmers and two…
– to benefit farmers in the community FARMERS who operate within the Hope Estate would be able to access over $8 million in tools which were donated by the World University Service of Canada (WUSC) through its PROPEL initiative. Over the years, farmers from the community have been using traditional means of cultivating their farms,…
– with regular training on vagaries of the industry AS the local coconut industry continues to expand, agricultural institutions are ensuring that farmers are not left behind by sensitising them about the bottlenecks in the industry, and how to increase their productivity. Some of the institutions that have pioneered the training process are the National…
– Suspect taken into police custody One person has been arrested for the poisoning of coconut trees at Hope Estate, East Coast Demerara and is said to be cooperating with Guyana Police Force. Recently, 18 bearing coconut trees were vandalized by persons at Hope Estate and according to the Ministry of Agriculture; it will not…
One year after the impressive ‘coconut festival’ JUST over one year ago the first ever Coconut Festival in Guyana was held at the Arthur Chung Convention Centre (October 21 – 23, 2016 and it was a resounding success. The idea for such a festival was a collaborative effort between the Ministry of Business – Department…
A CONTRACT was on Monday signed between the General Manager of Hope Coconut Industries Limited (HCIL) (Hope Estate) and Ivor Allen for the construction of two bridges at the estate. The contract is worth $2.6M. According to General Manager Ricky Roopchand, the works form part of the estate’s improvement of infrastructure programme, to ensure that…
HOPE Estate Manager, Ricky Roopchand on Monday called on farmers who owe the estate $3.8M for lands utilised by them to pay up or face legal action. Roopchand in a letter to the editor said there are three categories of farmers who owe rent to the Hope Estate. As of January this year, of the…
SEVERAL Hope Estate tenants took to the streets early yesterday in protest of the exceedingly high rent they’re now being asked to pay by the new Board of Directors.
ANOTHER major drainage and irrigation facility, the Greenfield drainage pump station, which was built at the cost of over $200M, and which will help drain approximately 3,000 acres
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.