Guyana - Current economic position and prospects (Vol. 2 of 2) : Agriculture

DR C cTRD I C-TED-r. CA4 Vol. 2 This report was prepared for use within the Bank and its affiliated organizations. They do not accept responsibility for its accuracy or completeness. The reporl may not be published nor may it be cluoted as representing their views. INTERNATIONAL BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION CURRENT ECONOMIC POSIT1ION AND PROSPECTS OF G UYANA (in two volumes) VOLUME II AGRICULTURE October 1, 1970 Central America. and Caribbean Departrnent  CWRRENCY EQUIVALENTS 1 Guyanese Dollar (G$) = US$o050* US$1 = G$2.00 * New rate effective since devaluation of November 1967 (old wraeas M1 = ust$.58; US$1 = G$1.71)  GUYANA / KU _ AS he l l J X )) 7 < j; C-' AIr Alkluvial coostat areas j - uOli . IA, st,ips r_ .~~'S~ A5/ ., '- nding ooolS , - ' i asor.oh C "~~~~~~~~~~~........... shipping rote[ -- > ~ ~ ~ : tr X PBi .e Rod kaQer estates ; <~~~~~ < eMotlrwt Rollooys s /nd ne t '~~ ~ i'camrrioa Ri~dge 0 laid workings Reqinqo 0 Ilianond workins *}~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ll"-l *M/ l ' e I jStd d A / rmq Gordeng p lCttl => 9 750,0007 'opu.tohin | 3 z ~O~,o ( _i\o I~~~~~~~' ,- s Moof tE o'-1 - ~~~t5~~"' %I)IY\*If ~ ~ '~Y - - N-A SRK - WE f (i//Y S }~~~~T11K _.-'~~' ) <b ,''o \9o3 / ___ t / \':.- , P- I 0 2 1( 9arRr2A tA \ S 4~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Kr trereiiCka \ Mouti(A!I t Rn L . . W 1(10 20oI APRIL~v 3 197 18RD-2936 ~~~t2 NooBA t J S / \_ v- a . . ,, J_~~~~~~~~/ K N .g B 8R A2 I L ' ___ iAoLrs A i -'I 0 10 00 30 00 5 I ARRIL 197013D28   AGRICULTURE IN GUYANA TATRT,E OF CONTENTS MAP _ ,,_ STUMMARY AN-D CONCIT,TTTONS. . . . . . . i - - iv I. ~ ACrRT-TTT IN TTF GTTYAN7..- -- 1 Introduction ............................................. 1 'lTo1 ilme an the~ S+tr,n+, ctr of P roductlon n Resources Employed. 3 Hiuman,n R esources .............3 Land ........... ............................ . .. Capital .................... . . . . . . . ........ 7 Agricultural Policy ..................................... 8 II. AN ANALYSITS OF RECENT PERFORMANCE PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS... 9 Qu ggaraane .. . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . 9 Rice .......... ... ...................................... 12 Coco nutsU .... ...... ................... 20u Other Crops. ......... . .. ... . ... ..... 21 Catt'le ......... 22 Dairying.. 25. Pi s an iPo l r~ying ...... . .... . ... ... . . . ... ....... .. 25) Pigs and Poultry. Forestry ................ . ... ......... 26 FishIg ..n..2. ....... ...8. ......... ...... 2) IIT. ACRIC'uLT'UTRAL POLICY .31 Welfare Aspects of Agricultural PolicY .31 The Role of Cooperatives .32 Diversification ...3...3........................ . . . 33 Miarketing and Pricing Policies . 33 Interior Development ........................ . . . 34 APPENDIX STATISTICAL APPENDIX   SUMMA.RY A.ND CONCLUSIONS 1. ~~Approx4mLa-te1.y one-thir I ; 4h -cupe -ouato 4is -ngage -A-44-- * JiJJ$J