The AFC plans to make the East and West Berbice River region, portions of the Intermediate Savannahs, the Linden Highway and the Rupununi Regions as focus areas for Livestock production.
Under an AFC Government, we will be embarking on a systematic approach to livestock research and production and pass all of this knowledge free of charge to the private sector producers. This is where the Brazilians will be our
KEY partners.
Our approach will be to engage multidisciplinary teams of research scientists imported mainly from Brazil to develop
production systems in close alliance with private sector commercial producers to mitigate and work around the complex technical, managerial and marketing factors associated
with livestock production. The AFC will deepen
the linkage between research agencies in Guyana by using these researches to enhance the research capacity of the University of Guyana, NARIE and Livestock Authorities.
What are the wins for Guyanese from this Proposal?
1. Free scholarships for Guyanese students for 5 years who are engaged by this project at UG and in Brazil at a higher level (livestock production-engineering, all fields in
livestock science, quality control skills, trained butchers in the art of meat cuts etc);
2. New funds into refurbishing the UG research labs and teaching capacity with the Brazilians doing some part time teaching where there is a gap;
3. Land distribution on a large scale to put the identified target locations into accelerated production with clear deliverables
that the investor must invest or leave;
4. Set up a team of technical experts that will work with all CARICOM Governments to ensure that our meat production can compete in their market both from a quality perspective and price perspective;
5. Build an world class abattoir in Lethem with chilling facilities;
6. Grant a 3 year tax holiday to investors who will either process the meat, hides or other waste in Guyana or export these products.
Under an AFC Government, we will be embarking on a systematic approach to livestock research and production and pass all of this knowledge free of charge to the private sector producers. This is where the Brazilians will be our
KEY partners.
Our approach will be to engage multidisciplinary teams of research scientists imported mainly from Brazil to develop
production systems in close alliance with private sector commercial producers to mitigate and work around the complex technical, managerial and marketing factors associated
with livestock production. The AFC will deepen
the linkage between research agencies in Guyana by using these researches to enhance the research capacity of the University of Guyana, NARIE and Livestock Authorities.
What are the wins for Guyanese from this Proposal?
1. Free scholarships for Guyanese students for 5 years who are engaged by this project at UG and in Brazil at a higher level (livestock production-engineering, all fields in
livestock science, quality control skills, trained butchers in the art of meat cuts etc);
2. New funds into refurbishing the UG research labs and teaching capacity with the Brazilians doing some part time teaching where there is a gap;
3. Land distribution on a large scale to put the identified target locations into accelerated production with clear deliverables
that the investor must invest or leave;
4. Set up a team of technical experts that will work with all CARICOM Governments to ensure that our meat production can compete in their market both from a quality perspective and price perspective;
5. Build an world class abattoir in Lethem with chilling facilities;
6. Grant a 3 year tax holiday to investors who will either process the meat, hides or other waste in Guyana or export these products.
