Indigenous Villages Urged to Embrace Value-Added Ventures

Minister of Forestry (Menhut) Raja Juli Antoni has prepared a number of programs to achieve downstreaming in the forestry sector. One of them, the Ministry of Forestry will carry out agroforestry.

Indigenous villages urged to embrace value-added ventures

Indigenous villages, particularly those already involved in logging and forestry, are being urged to expand their economic activities by exploring value-added production such as furniture, charcoal, and even toothpicks. This call was made by Natural Resources Ministry, Vickram Bharrat, during his address at the National Toshaos Council (NTC) Conference. He stressed that the real economic potential lies not in the export of raw materials, but in …

Indigenous villages urged to add value to forestry through charcoal, toothpick production - INews Guyana

Indigenous villages—particularly those already involved in logging and forestry—are being urged to expand their economic activities by exploring value-added production such as furniture, charcoal, and even toothpicks. This call was made by Minister of Natural Resources, Vickram Bharrat, during his address at the National Toshaos Council (NTC) Conference. He stressed that the real economic potential […] The post Indigenous villages urged to add v…