@GTAngler posted:Let's be honest here. Sugar is not profitable. It will be heavily subsidized as before. The current state of sugar production need to be revamped and other avenues explored. I asked a while ago why was the Ethanol Project discontinued. I am still waiting for an answer. All that being said, the government has to take care of all those workers who lost their jobs when the estates were closed. Spending money to reopen the estates just to provide jobs is not the answer. We are not trying to breed another generation of cane cutters. The younger generation should be trained in other disciplines. I hope this government had the sense to insist that locals be provided with jobs and training in the oil industry and not just in the service industry. I hope to god we don't go back to what the Chinese did. They brought everything in from China from labour to supplies and were even nice enough to provide us with loans to pay them. As for the squatters, give them lots to build on. I wouldn't put an animal to live in the conditions those people are in. I do believe however, the government should own the lots and property or have some stipulation about selling.
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The reason why sugar/agriculture is not profitable to export to major markets like the US and EU is because of the subsidies given to farmers there. With the newly found oil wealth Guyana can enter the big league game - subside agriculture and give the hard working people to achieve their dreams without hand outs..make them proud. America does it for its farmers...