GTAngler posted:.I don't think privatizing is the answer either. The most immediate concern is the workers without jobs. They should be allotted land free of charge to farm diversified crops. if they don't make use, take it back. The land needs to remain government owned.
Which is my point. Maybe 10 years ago privatizing Guysuco might have been an option, but that company is too indebted and too inefficient and its plant is too neglected. I don't even think some one would buy it for a dollar because they then inherit all of these problems.
The only long term way to help the sugar workers is to assist them to be independent producers because Guyana CANNOT afford to sustain Guysuco indefinitely.
Nothing that is free is appreciated. If they lease it then the land has value. The lease would allow the land to be taken back if not used for agricultural purposes. The lease can be nominal with each payment treated as a zero interest mortgage allowing the land to be fully owned by the farmer after a period of time.