Guyana Rice Development Board Act (Cap. 72:01).

Country/Territory: Guyana
Document type: Legislation
Date: 1994 (2007)
Source: FAO, FAOLEX
Long title: An Act to provide for the regulation of the manufacture and marketing of rice, for securing effectively the development of the rice industry through establishment of the Guyana Rice Development Board, and for matters connected therewith.

Subject: Agricultural & rural development, Cultivated plants
Keyword: Agricultural development Plant production Crops/grasses Cereals/grains/rice Institution Classification/declassification
Geographical area: Americas, Small Island Developing States, South America

Abstract: This Act establishes the Guyana Rice Development Board as a body corporate. The functions of the Board shall be to develop the rice industry in Guyana, to promote export of rice, to enhance research on rice, to establish facilities for that purpose, and to extend results of research to farmers for their benefit. The Board shall also be responsible for the grading of rice. The Board may determine different classifications of grades of rice to be purchased, exported or sold on the domestic market.
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