Ministry of Agriculture Address: Regent & Vlissengen Roads, Georgetown, Guyana Tel:
592-227-5527 Type of Organization: Governmental or ministry-based extension organization; www.agriculture.gov.gy Human Resources:
Extension Groups and Activities / Organizational Resources / Support Services Clientele Served/Targeted: Large commercial farmers, Small/medium-scale commercial farmers, Farmers growing pineapple, Farmers growing peppers, Farmers growing pumpkin, Small-scale subsistence farmers, Women farmers, Young (adult) farmers, Landless farmers, Rural youth, Rural women (nutrition, health, hygiene) ICT Staff: 15 total, 15 in computer-based information technology, 100% have Internet access Use of ICT: Information bulletins and fact sheets (16320) Training Institutions: schools of agriculture, Ministry of agriculture Transportation Availability: personal car Institutional Framework, Linkages and Partnerships Primary Responsibility for Program Planning: National Head Office Primary Linkages: Agricultural Research Organizations, Agricultural Universities, Agricultural Schools, Input Supply Firms, Markets or Exporters, NGOs involved in extension, Cooperative/Consumer Organizations, Banks and micro-credit institutions, Other public/semi-public extension organizations Percent of farmers that belong to farmer or producer organizations: 56 Farmer organizations have a role in: Influencing extension policy, Farmer-to-farmer extension activities, Assessing extension's performance, Helping set extension priorities, Specifying extension programs | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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