OK Folks:
If the PNC and AFC(pnc lite) had their way, they would abandon sugar production in Guyana.
Thankfully, Donald Ramotar and the PPP understand the paramount role the sugar industry plays in the lives of tens of thousands of indo Guyanese and are bent of reviving the industry and bringing it back to health and profitability.
Check this out folks:
When young indo Guyanese boys decide school is not their calling and they drop out, they know a cane cutting job awaits them in the sugar estate--check out Bhagwandin, Totaram, and Mohan Lall toiling away in that photo.
On the other hand, when young afro Guyanese boys choose to drop out from school they have a choice between choke and rob or marching with the PNC youth arm hoping to get some action looting and burning.
Anyway back to serious business:
RE: GUYANA SUGAR INDUSTRY
Over the past 5 years production has been average---between 220,000 and 250,000 metric tons.
The short term goal is to raise sugar production to 300,000 tons.
The PPP administration expects that once the Skeldon sugar factory is fully functional---success in the sugar industry will return--and sugar production will exceed 400,000 tons.
Most of Guyana's sugar is exported in bulk---but the goal is export packaged sugar----a packaging plant was completed at Enmore---more profits can be achieved by exporting packaged rather than bulk sugar.
CONCLUSION:
With 18,000 people working full time in the sugar industry and 4,000 part time---and with nearly 125,000 people depending directly or indirectly on GUYSUCO---the PPP must focus like a laser to ensure that the sugar industry is operating profitably.
Rev