So you are just an armchair quarterback like the rest of us? We have the luxury of virtual reality while business people have to deal with the consequences.
There are the consequences.
1. The rice industry is PRIVATELY owned. It isn't a state owned corporation.
2. State ownership and control of productive sectors NEVER works, with Guysuco being an example.
3. Guyana is much less efficient in production of rice than are others, so cannot compete to get into most markets.
4. Given that rice is PRIVATELY owned, either they improve their efficiency, find other products with higher margins, or be driven out of business. If rice flour has higher margins, then that is what they will have to do, assuming of course that there is a market for the product.
Agree, however too many armchair quarter back with their unproven theories of how to make rice profitable in Guyana.
The onus is on those involved in the rice industry to find solutions, and not sit back and expect civil servants to do this for them.