The Guyana Sugar Corporation is aiming to produce 100,000 tonnes of sugar for this year, Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha recently announced to residents of Region Six.
Mustapha during an outreach in Black Bush Polder pointed out that there was an increase in sugar production in 2023 as the corporation’s production moved from 40,000 in 2022 to 60,000 in 2023. Part of the increase is attributable to the Rose Hall estate which resumed operations last year.
He said, “This year we have put a target of 100,000 tonnes, we will do a new five thousand hectares of cane back at Skeldon, we are now mechanizing the industry because with the different and more opportunities coming to Berbice, people are going to different sectors and we can’t abandon what we used to do like things like rice, sugar, fruits and vegetables.”