As planned, last week I completed the examination of GuySuCo’s key performance indicators. This examination is covered in my columns May 29-July 31. In last week’s column I also began to examine the Skeldon Sugar Modernization Project (SSMP), which I have already described as GuySuCo and the government’s principal response to the disastrous rot in the sugar industry. I also indicated there that I planned to commence the examination of the SSMP by looking at three preliminary considerations.

Too long in the making

The first of these is that the general public does not seem to be aware that the SSMP has been far too long in the making. Given its size and scale, it has had an overly long gestation period, even by the snail-pace standards of agricultural projects in developing countries. …..