Noting the production of 87,875 tonnes of sugar for the year up to December 13, 2020, the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) says it underlines the enormity of the task facing state-run sugar corporation GuySuCo in its bid to turn around the industry.
“This year’s production will in all likelihood eclipse 2019’s [90,246-tonne] production as the worst production in GuySuCo history. Our Union a few weeks ago had warned of this possibility when we had considered the data we had received at that time,” GAWU said in a statement last Wednesday, while reiterating that the state of affairs is no surprise to the union given the “terrible mis-management” that plagued the industry over the last few years.
The union recalled that not long ago, it had cause to publicly disclose that canes adjacent to the residence of the Blairmont Estate Manager were overrun by bushes and weeds.