Dear Editor,
I see with great sadness that sugar production will fall below 100,000 tonnes in 2019.
It is reported that this is the worst production for 80 years. I’m afraid it is worse than that. The last time sugar production fell below 100,000 tonnes was in 1926
Sadness becomes woe indeed to observe that as long ago as 1876 British Guiana produced over 100,000 tonnes of sugar.
In terms of business activity lost and foreign exchange unearned it is an economic disaster.
In terms of thousands of people thrown out of employment without lifebelts the human misery is incalculable.
It is as if Guyana was experiencing a permanent hurricane or a serious earthquake every year.
Yours faithfully,
Ian McDonald
