When the former government took the decision to close GuySuCo’s Skeldon Estate in 2017, like a lot of other people brothers Anand and Prakash Singh learned about it in the news.
The Singhs, who are farmers in the Upper Corentyne area, were suddenly faced with huge losses as they had been supplying some 10% of sugar cane used by the estate at the time.
“We were devastated, we couldn’t believe because they said sugar was too big to fail and especially Skeldon where massive investment took place,” Anand Singh, 59, of Crabwood Creek, told Stabroek News.