Representative—not the Kimbia facility. Maxdrobot/Wikimedia Commons, public domain.
Construction is progressing on a new bean-conditioning and storage facility at Kimbia in Region Ten, as Guyana expands the infrastructure supporting domestic agricultural production.
According to the Department of Public Information, the facility will have six silos, each capable of storing 250 tonnes of beans. Together, they will provide 1,500 tonnes of storage capacity.
The development will also include two wet bins, two dry bins, a warehouse and a processing plant, creating an integrated location for handling beans after harvesting.
Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha inspected the construction site on August 22. The government’s latest report confirms that work is progressing but does not provide a completion or commissioning date.
Supporting farmers after harvest
The facility is intended to improve farmers’ access to storage, conditioning and processing infrastructure.
As bean production increases, sufficient post-harvest capacity will be needed to protect crops from spoilage and maintain their quality before processing or sale.
Locating the facility at Kimbia should also give farmers in the area access to infrastructure closer to their production sites, reducing the need to move harvested beans to more distant facilities.
The government expects the development to encourage additional production by giving farmers greater confidence that larger harvests can be stored and processed.
Expanding agricultural production at Kimbia
Kimbia forms part of Guyana’s broader effort to expand agricultural production beyond traditional farming areas and increase activity in crops with potential for domestic and regional markets.
The government’s 2026 Budget Speech identified Kimbia as one of the locations supporting the development of larger-scale agriculture.
The bean facility is intended to connect this production drive with the infrastructure needed after crops leave the field.
In addition to providing storage, the processing plant could allow beans to be conditioned and prepared before entering the market. The government has not yet disclosed the plant’s processing rate or the specific products it will produce.
What businesses and farmers should watch
The facility remains under construction and should not yet be described as operational.
Important details still to be announced include:
- the completion and commissioning dates;
- how farmers will access the facility;
- storage and processing arrangements;
- the types of beans the plant will handle;
- operating and quality-control standards; and
- confirmed domestic or export markets.
These details will determine how the facility fits into Guyana’s developing agricultural supply chain and the extent to which it supports increased production, processing and market access.
