Sugar is currently not viable in Guyana due to high production costs

Jan 31, 2021 Letters

DEAR EDITOR,

I am for SUBSIDISING the sugar industry in the short-term until alternative employment can be found for the sugar workers.
With the high production cost of sugar in Guyana (over twice world market price), the sugar industry is not viable.
But we cannot throw thousands of people onto the breadline.
We should be looking at finding alternative employment for sugar workers. As sugar workers are classed as agricultural workers, could they adapt to farming fruits, vegetables and ground provisions?
While the David Granger Administration’s own COI into the sugar industry said investment then privatisation, which they ignored, it does not put a figure on how much investment would be required.
Should GuySuCo continue with its drive to make sugar viable then they would need to drive down the cost of producing sugar.
I would suggest that they should look at making one estate viable. If successful then not only will it boost morale in the industry and by extension Guyana, they can look at making the other estates viable.

Yours faithfully,
Sean Ori

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