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Reply to "Jagdeo maintains that PPP has viable plan for sugar."

Drugb posted:
caribny posted:

I find it interesting that you now sing this tune when a few months ago you were screaming that Jackass Granger was going to kill off Indians.

You do know that Rose Hall and Skeldon will be like Linden and Kwakwani with massive unemployment. Now my idea would be more humane and at least give these ex sugar workers an opportunity to do something else if they so wish.

And with Guyana and CARICOM at large having a huge food import bill I really don't see where the risk is.  Especially as increasing morbidity due to obesity is getting more governments to urge their populations to eat better.

I don't know if you know this but food and agri industrial products are among the USA's largest exports. Ditto for Canada.

Like you want to perpetuate dankey cart economy, which is what cane cutting job is.  This is a blessing in disguise, it will force the IndoGs to move away from the dependency of low wage can cutting jobs and pursue more higher paying initiatives. IndoG always find a way to survive.

I am not against agriculture but rather govt running any type of business.

If food import bill is high then this is an opportunity for private investors to step in and take over the agriculture industry instead of depending on a bunch of politicians to further waste tax payers dollars. 

I guess you eat dirt or you would realize that there are business opportunities in feeding people.  I will ask who is going to actually do the work of planting?  Do you not think that its better that those who farm OWN their operations, or do you want them to remain as the employees of these private investors?

I said that the government should make lands available to those interesting in farming. I said that such arrangements be on a lease to own business, so deserving farmers eventually own their own lands. I also said that the government should work with the private sector (which includes these farmers) to ensure that they have access to credit, technical and marketing support.

You will note that it is the role of the government to SUPPORT, not to be actively involved in agriculture. In fact this is a shift AWAY from sugar, except for a smaller operation which will focus on domestic and Caricom markets. 

I also suggested that the government work with the private sector to help them develop markets for their agri products in markets overseas.  I am sure that even you realize that it is easier for the government to organize a business promotion trip to market to hotels in Barbados than for some small farmer in Berbice to do that on their own.

Now druggie I know that these concepts are way too advanced for you puny brain to comprehend, but please try.

FM
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