{"id":20585,"date":"2024-06-17T13:43:37","date_gmt":"2024-06-17T13:43:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.selinawamucii.com\/news\/?p=20585"},"modified":"2024-06-17T13:43:39","modified_gmt":"2024-06-17T13:43:39","slug":"guyanas-millet-production-reaches-100-self-sufficiency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.selinawamucii.com\/news\/2024\/06\/17\/guyanas-millet-production-reaches-100-self-sufficiency\/","title":{"rendered":"Guyana\u2019s millet production reaches 100% self-sufficiency\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A year into its trial cultivation which began in mid-2023, Guyana\u2019s millet<\/u><\/a> production is now classified \u201csurplus\u201d for domestic utility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The government achieved this target through the Tacama Mega Farm whose 1,300 acres<\/u><\/a> under millet strand a natural watershed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Plans to expand the above acreage to new areas<\/u><\/a> are already underway, per a Guyana Chronicle report of June 16, 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Key expansion regions for millet production include Regions 5, 9 and 10. Region 5 or Mahaica-Berbice is on the Atlantic while Region 9 or Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo is near Brazil\u2019s border. Region 10 or Upper Demerara-Berbice, on the other hand, lies along a rich agricultural area with three major rivers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Upper Demerara-Berbice region accounted for the 2024 surplus because it houses the large public project at Tacama.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guyana\u2019s Millet Production Timeline<\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The impressive output in Region 10 is rather miraculous given that Guyana has no history of large-scale millet farming. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In May 2023, the country\u2019s Ministry of Agriculture introduced small, medium and large-scale cultivation of the grain through trial phases. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

UPL, an Ag company from India, carried out the production trials under a bilateral agreement between India and the Caribbean nation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the initial phase, UPL prepared 200 acres <\/u><\/a>of land for the farming of the cereal in this new environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trial cultivation continued through 2023 and by January 2024, Guyana was on course to 100% self-sufficiency in millet. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two months later in March 2024, Tacama Mega Farm along Berbice River recorded its first major millet harvest. According to the Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha, all 1,300 acres yielded 1 tonne per acre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reclaiming the Place of Millet <\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Though it is a relatively new crop locally, the once-important world grain has captured the imagination in Guyana. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Millet (especially\u00a0Panicum miliaceum<\/em><\/u><\/em><\/a>\u00a0<\/em>species)\u00a0was always an important food crop throughout global grain cultivation history until the mid-1950s. This is when it lost to wheat and rice which have since become the most cultivated cereals worldwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For Guyana, the intention is to slash perennial food imports by 25% by 2025, especially in livestock feed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To introduce the crop to the Caribbean environment, Guyana sought expertise from India, the world\u2019s production leader.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In short, Guyana\u2019s millet production efforts look set to not only revamp the Old World grain but also meet domestic needs. As the following statistics show, self-sufficiency is highly relevant to a country that has always been a millet importer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guyana Millet Statistics <\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

According to the World Bank, Guyana was the 93rd<\/sup> top importer of millet in the world in 2020 at 30,048 kg<\/u><\/a>. Though this compares poorly to the imports by top importer Indonesia at 75.545 million kg, the volume was a major investment for Guyana. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is the use of millet in Guyana?<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the government, Guyana will use the first 2024 harvest for livestock feed<\/u><\/a> as corn and soya replacement. Production and processing of feed locally will save Guyana $30 million <\/u><\/a>that it uses in feed product imports each year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Is millet a major grain in trade?<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2023, millet was among the least traded cereals, as it represented only 3% <\/u><\/a>of the global millet trade. By entering the large-scale millet cultivation scene, Guyana is joining major producing-nations like India, Nigeria, Niger and China.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A year into its trial cultivation which began in mid-2023, Guyana\u2019s millet production is now classified \u201csurplus\u201d for domestic utility. The government achieved this target through the Tacama Mega Farm whose 1,300 acres under millet strand a natural watershed.  Plans to expand the above acreage to new areas are already underway, per a Guyana Chronicle report of June 16, 2024. 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