AGRI-Invest Country Profiles

Agri Investment Forum & Expo, 2022

GUYANA

A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE AGRICULTURE SECTOR

Guyana’s agriculture sector comprises of five key subsectors:

Rice

Sugar

Nontraditional crops

Watermelon Corn

Sweet Potatoes

Peppers Pineapple

Coconuts

Citrus

Plantain

Bananas

Red Peas

Passion Fruit

Pumpkin Ginger

Broccoli

Coffee

Cocoa Peanuts

Livestock

Dairy & Beef Cattle

Swine

Poultry

Sheep

Goats

Wildlife

Bees

Fisheries and Aquaculture

Guyana’s agriculture sector still remains pertinent to the country’s development and environmental sustainability.

In 2020, agriculture accounted for 24.8% of non-oil GDP 19.4% of non-oil exports and

Prawns, Shrimp Atlantic Seabob

Variety of commercial fish

Rice is the major income earner with an export value of US$ 243.2M, while the Fish and Sugar accounted for over US$ 75M in export value. Coconut is the country leading non-traditional export crop.

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