Despite longstanding suspicions, Minister of Agriculture Dr Leslie Ramsammy has said Guyana must embrace the cooperative movement, arguing that it is crucial to achieving long-term sugar production targets while ensuring the country’s food security.
In his message to mark the United Nations’ International Year of Cooperatives last Wednesday, the minister acknowledged that the country has a long history of cooperatives that have not always brought the expected success, leading to suspicion and distrust. Ramsammy blamed the mismanagement of 1970s and 1980s for
