ba$eman posted:This banna talk for talk sake and don't go beyond scratching the surface.
Another is to develop the local confectionery and beverage industry with an eye on export.
If Guyana cannot create a demand for refined sugar why will they create a demand for candies and juices? In fact Guyana struggles to market is branded rums, even though they win awards every where.
Guyanese, unlike Jamaicans, don't have a clue about creating a national brand image. I bet f El Dorado was marketed as a Jamaican rum the demand would be so huge that they wouldn't be able to supply.
So let us deal with that problem. Guyana has no national image, and outside of Guyana, and the islands where Guyanese swarm to like unwanted locusts, no one can even image what a Guyanese is.
You do know that no one in the Eastern Caribbean makes refined sugar. You do know that CARICOM has negotiated with the cruise lines deals for them to source some of their supplies from within CARICOM.
You have hotel chains like Sandals which can be markets.
No. You prefer bulk sugar sold at one third of the price that it costs to produce it, and the tax payers be burdened to sustain the jobs of a dying breed of cane cutters. In fact every season brings with it problems in even finding people to cut cane!