President Donald Ramotar says more co-generation plants from sugar factories will soon be a reality with at least two more being established in the Region Six.
“This will help the industry to earn more money and the bagasse will not go to waste any longer.”
GINA said that his message was conveyed last evening at Canefield Settlement, East Canje, Berbice where a community meeting was held.
Speaking of the sugar industry’s contribution, the Head of State said, “We have to modernise the traditional sectors of our economy and most important in that regard, is the sugar industry.”
Acknowledging that the industry is experiencing a bad patch “by no fault of its own”, GINA said that the Head of State said it is only fair that the government steps in to provide the needed assistance.
It was also pointed out that the industry is now suffering since there is much competition for labour in the mining and extractive sector as opposed to the past when competition was limited, “And therefore for the industry to survive, we have to restructure, and we have to use more mechanisms, machinery, we have to make it more machine friendly in the fields, and we have to also modernise the factories.”
