The rice production was artificial boom you fools at Freedom House instigated by bartering it with a madman. Guyana can't produce rice competitively and the infrastructure don't exist to transport cheaply. The capacity is there for smaller production. The only way to organically improve the prospects is to start adding value to rice like cereals, rice flour and the like. Booms always crash. Aluh know since January that your communist buddy would be rescinding the contract. That's why aluh were romping up aile exploration in the hope that it will payoff big. It just doesn't wuk like that.  

The DONKEY Cart Economist is Baaack.  Rice Flour anyone???

They landscape favor them. They can come in enmass, clear the area set up perimeter and hold. We cannot defend an area like Waini unless the population fight back. If they are like these pricks on this bourd they will be lining up to get Venezuelan passport rather than be ruled by a "black" man.

We have no boats no helos and no planes so if we go in we die. Most of our cost is an eternal swamp. Our soldiers do not even have the right gear. We are not equipped for war. 

It would be hard getting to them without dying in mass. They have thousands to throw on the front line and we do not even have a hand grenade of worth to throw their way.

Can someone explain the SHIT this Guy does write????

Yes rice flour you dumb shit head. It is an additional product and so is Saki/Marin stock feed, cereal, noodles etc. It is what you do to diversify and sell a product that in its raw form is not marketable.

RH could use rice sold as boutique rice with sentimental appeal as black bush jasmine, Cotten tree basmatti, Mara Gold etc. It is marketing an idea as well as the product.

Can you now explain Bourd and cost??

A BRAINLESS SHIT head like you would invest in Rice Flour. Good Luck JACKASS!!!

No onene else need additional prodding for their brain to kick in ro comprehension mode.

In the Art of war, the manual for war since time immemorial, the imperative is to know five things. One of the five is the landscape and that is what i am speaking of specifically.

We cannot control it since we do not have the numbers to contain a massive well armed disciplined force in an arduous landscape defended by modern weaponry.

If the people are traitors like you then the disadvantage is magnified!

 Go to your super market shelf and see the price for the product you dunce. It is not what you fail to conceive. It is what the world knows and want.

Professor - Guyana has been producing rice at a profit for over a hundred years.  Be it small scale because it is a small economy.  When you mention the words "rice flour" you sound very Burnhamite.  What do you have against commies?  Is Communist China now the largest economy in the world.  Tell the readers in this forum how much money America owes China.  And this is not about ideologies - capitalist vs. communist.  The new world economy is changing gears as we speak. 

You be my guest since you know. I most certainly do not know what the hell you are talking about.

OK Jackass put yuh 100000US pun Rice Flour

Dey don't teach aluh in Patice Lumumba University that a barter arrangement will result in a cash flow mismatch, nah?

Bullshit. We had hundreds of acres of rice fields in production from time immemorial. As a kid we planted 79 and D10 and that yield was some 12 to 16 bags an acre. We shifted to blue bell and a lot of the newer ones like rustic which increased yield two and three fold and it is still a hit or miss.

America has china by the balls with its strong dollar. They owe china less by every devaluation of the Chinese currency. Plus the chinese economy is on wobbly knees. China needed growth above 8% consistently to lift all of its people out of dire poverty over the next 10 years or more. It is below that and in its push to modernize has made its environment into a toxic waste land.

Hello Sir - I received my economics degree from New York University, magna cum laude!   And so did two of my sisters!!

LOL!

I do not see you making sound economic sense and the only class I took in economics is at GCE. 

Lets hear where in your imagination there was a great rice bonanza in guyana.

TK is a Kanta Professor and he does make Economic predictions the way Obeah man does predict things.

I believe you know more of obeah than real things that is why you tend to imagine so much fiction and impossible things. And where in the world do you get the notion Obeah is about predictions again or is this another of your creations to fill in the nonsense in your head?

Nah mek meh put wan Voodoo pun yuh Baxside.

This is from my Dear Friend Elizabeth.  An article from Kaieteur News.

Tarron Khemraj in his letter in Kaieteur News on June 25, 2009, with the title, “Daly’s outpouring of the ‘fundamental principles of democracy’ is suspicious at best; and it attempts to propose working solutions.  However, he once again rationalises all issues based on the implicit economic benchmarks of the developed world; grossly unfair since Guyana is still a developing country.
Mr. Khemraj must note that the Government of Guyana is not God and does not have all the solutions necessary for Guyana to be perfect, but at least they are still attempting to rectify the errors made by the past. So, degrading Guyana (my country) and referring to it as a Donkey-Cart Economy is unacceptable; Cheddi Jagan’s reference to a ‘donkey-cart’ economy carried different parameters. Guyana is a developing country making progress and requires the support of its people to continue progressing, and Khemraj’s mischievous and transparent political agenda is only hurting our young striving nation.
Khemraj rambles that political cooperation is necessary for production transformation, yet still he and his confederates deliberately try to create acrimony among our people, instead of promoting political cooperation. Khemraj certainly has been boxing the texts, however, it must be noted that the text alone will not do, as developing Guyana requires both street smart and book smart approaches. So Mr. Khemraj trying to fame your name is not the game that will improve Guyana; it requires a little bit of common sense, a lot less ignorance, and a lot less silly implicit benchmark comparisons with the West.
Since Mr. Khemraj seems to be a man who likes to box the books, I refer him to the National Development Strategy (NDS) of Guyana, which lists a whole host of development strategies for Guyana regarding Macro-economic Strategies and the Management of the Economy, The Environment, Information Technology, Energy, Agricultural Institutions, Agricultural Institutions, Education, Health, Housing, Poverty Eradication, The Private Sector, etc. Since, Mr. Khemraj is so predictable, he will obviously nitpick on each and every strategy, however, I want him to note that the road to development is not straight, and he is just one obstacle that Guyana will overcome to see its way.
I want the people of Guyana to note that these nitpickers will one day eventually fade away and so will their ignorance and hate which are puncturing the tires of our poor country; but luckily Guyana has a pump.
I quote from an International Monetary Fund (IMF) Public Information Notice (PIN) No. 09/61, which states that “Despite external shocks and social pressures, macroeconomic stability was preserved in 2008. Growth decelerated to about 3 percent owing to a sharp shortfall in sugar production, but end-2008 inflation declined to 6.4 percent (6.8 percent target). The fiscal deficit widened to 7.9 percent of GDP (6 percent target) due to measures adopted in early 2008 to reduce the impact of high fuel prices, most of which have since been eliminated. So far, the financial system has been relatively unaffected by the global turmoil.” Also, the notice further states, “Significant progress has been made in the area of fiscal reforms and the VAT is now well established,” and the Executive Directors noted that, “by implementing prudent fiscal and monetary policies, the Guyanese authorities had maintained macroeconomic stability in 2008 despite external shocks and social pressures. Sustaining these policies will be critical to reduce vulnerabilities associated with commodity price volatility and possible spillovers from the global crisis. Directors commended the authorities’ commitment to further entrench macroeconomic stability, strengthen the financial system, and implement structural reforms.” If Mr. Khemraj truly likes debating, then I challenge him to challenge the IMF and World Bank (WB).
Also, Khemraj knocks the ‘Grow more Food Campaign’,” for his own selfish reasons. I refer him to a letter by Paul Taylor in SN on August 9, 2008 captioned, “The Ministry’s “Grow more Food Campaign,” is helping”; which states that “With the current ‘Grow More Food Campaign’, I have seen food prices reducing drastically in the various regions of Guyana. I travel a lot in the Caribbean and speak to friends and family in the North American countries and they are seriously complaining about the hike in food prices in these regions.
Through the efforts of the Ministry of Agriculture, we don’t have to do any such complaining in Guyana.”
I also refer Mr. Khemraj to the Bureau of Statistics and Ministry to Finance to argue against the Per Capita Gross Nation Product (US$1214.3) for the year 2008. Do some research Mr. Khemraj; it might do you some good.
Khemraj should start interpreting all the books he has read and rationalise and analyse the information and apply it to reality.
Instead, he portrays himself as a mad man which will only do him more harm than good and will further hurt his academic credentials.
Elizabeth Daly

You tell Dem, not one curass.

Bibi..looks like you on vacation.

I read the above and it is so much bullshit and prevarication on nothing it is astounding that  A Magna Cum graduate in economics selected that piece as sound argument against what Theron spoke of about democracies  and development. Since you seem to mine so much gold ( or inferred there is gold in them thar hills) come back and explain. You cannot post an article and pretend that alone make a case. Make the case on your own merits otherwise you are just another bullshitter.

Note, I do not agree with TK on some issues and will address a premise of his in detail soon as I am thinking on it but I do not have the arrogance of that fake person above to write so much crap with no foundation and think it is sound.  I agree with much of what TK speak of on democracy and see in it a firm grounding from scholars across the political spectrum.

Get real. If you are as bright as you say you are make a case on your own and do not grab on straws. The above is not even straw. It is fluff...full of nothing claiming to be something.

This is tha Liz fella.

"I also refer Mr. Khemraj to the Bureau of Statistics and Ministry to Finance to argue against the Per Capita Gross Nation Product (US$1214.3) for the year 2008. Do some research Mr. Khemraj; it might do you some good.
Khemraj should start interpreting all the books he has read and rationalise and analyse the information and apply it to reality.
Instead, he portrays himself as a mad man which will only do him more harm than good and will further hurt his academic credentials.
Elizabeth Daly"

"I quote from an International Monetary Fund (IMF) Public Information Notice (PIN) No. 09/61, which states that “Despite external shocks and social pressures, macroeconomic stability was preserved in 2008. Growth decelerated to about 3 percent owing to a sharp shortfall in sugar production, but end-2008 inflation declined to 6.4 percent (6.8 percent target). The fiscal deficit widened to 7.9 percent of GDP (6 percent target) due to measures adopted in early 2008 to reduce the impact of high fuel prices, most of which have since been eliminated. So far, the financial system has been relatively unaffected by the global turmoil.” Also, the notice further states, “Significant progress has been made in the area of fiscal reforms and the VAT is now well established,” and the Executive Directors noted that, “by implementing prudent fiscal and monetary policies, the Guyanese authorities had maintained macroeconomic stability in 2008 despite external shocks and social pressures. Sustaining these policies will be critical to reduce vulnerabilities associated with commodity price volatility and possible spillovers from the global crisis. Directors commended the authorities’ commitment to further entrench macroeconomic stability, strengthen the financial system, and implement structural reforms.” If Mr. Khemraj truly likes debating, then I challenge him to challenge the IMF and World Bank (WB)."

The same thing came to my mind. It is the Liz fella...Prem.  Imagine these freaks don't have the conviction to write this trash using their real names...observe also the racism...they chose an Afro Guyanese woman sounding name.

All those guys on the IMF Caribbean desk are my friends...I can assure you...they would never be convinced by such trash .

You just fish up yourself:

"I quote from an International Monetary Fund (IMF) Public Information Notice (PIN) No. 09/61, which states that “Despite external shocks and social pressures, macroeconomic stability was preserved in 2008. Growth decelerated to about 3 percent owing to a sharp shortfall in sugar production, but end-2008 inflation declined to 6.4 percent (6.8 percent target). The fiscal deficit widened to 7.9 percent of GDP (6 percent target) due to measures adopted in early 2008 to reduce the impact of high fuel prices, most of which have since been eliminated. So far, the financial system has been relatively unaffected by the global turmoil.” Also, the notice further states, “Significant progress has been made in the area of fiscal reforms and the VAT is now well established,” 

LOL! Gurly man don't even know what's an external shock...

You get fish up, deal with it.

Even PNC and the Granger kicked you to the curb. Deal with it.

Fish up by Liz? Who could not find a tenure track academic job in the great USofA and when back to Guy to impress aluh PPP Indos? LOL!

Wait a second. You sehing Bibi is a man named Liz?

 Nehru is full ah hat air and little on action.

Lets see when time come, if he gun put on he bukta and  go fight.

He betta walk wid a spare bukta and rum battle ah wata.   

The funny thing is two of the kids in Mr Lizzy's letter writing ring went to grad school after they broke away. They both approached me, apologized and confessed to me. They wanted my help. It was so interesting.  This is why the PPP and Jagdeo can't get my respect. I'd say let them pine away in opposition forever. Eventually there will have to be another party.

Nah, you are of ZERO value to any government of Guyana, past, present and future.

Ooooooo....such a great loss. LOL!