NAMILCO, Sterling, Tandys, Peppys among heavy hitters for agro-processing expo
Some of the country’s major and modest agro-processors will set out their stalls at the `Uncapped’ event today at the National Exhibition Centre, Sophia, hoping for a fruitful interface with major supermarkets and other outlets that will significantly grow the home market for local agro produce. The event will run until Sunday.
Up until now much of the focus in the discourse on the marketing of the goods produced by the local agro processing sector has been on finding ways of increasing regional and extra-regional demand. In a final pre-event briefing for the Stabroek Business on Wednesday evening both Guyana Manufacturing & Services Association (GMSA) President Shyam Nokta and Vice President Ramsay Ali were emphasizing that the weekend’s Agro Processors Exhibition Market and Food Festival was specifically focused on seeking to place more local agroprocessed goods on the shelves of local outlets.
In an invited comment, Ali, who is serving as Event Organizer said that what `Uncapped’ was seeking to emphasize is the importance of local businesses in moving the country’s agro-processing sector forward.
“We are encouraging the shop owners of Guyana, all the shop owners to come to this event to see exactly what Guyanese are producing that can be used locally instead of imported stuff. We have some good Guyanese products here but they need help from the Guyanese storekeepers to put those products on their shelves and promote them,” Ali said.
On Wednesday the GMSA Secretariat named the National