Guyana says the construction of a regional food hub, designed to strengthen food security and boost agricultural exports across the Caribbean, is about 50 per cent complete.
The facility forms part of Guyana's efforts to support regional food production and trade under CARICOM's food security agenda.
According to the Ministry of Agriculture, the hub will include grain silos, refrigerated storage, container-loading facilities and digital inventory systems.
It is expected to reduce post-harvest losses by up to 30 per cent while supporting increased exports of rice, corn, poultry feed and processed feed to CARICOM markets.
The facility would help connect local farmers to export markets and contribute to regional efforts aimed at reducing the Caribbean's food import bill.
The initiative supports CARICOM's "25 by 2025" programme, which seeks to reduce the region's food import bill by 25 per cent through increased agricultural production and trade within the regional bloc.
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