Amazon Caribbean Guyana Ltd (Amcar) has announced that it will no longer be processing pineapples for export to Europe as its contract with the Mainstay/Whyaka Far-mers has come to an end.
In a press release yesterday, Amcar said the Mainstay/Whyaka village captain informed the company in a letter that they are seeking another partnership to operate the factory, “as there was no production this year.”
“The Council is simply blaming the Company for not operating the factory since July 2013, but the truth is much more complicated,” Amcar said. According to the company, the crop of 2013 was estimated by the