As the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) grapples with setbacks affecting sugar production—which has dipped over the last four years—the expected benchmarks set in its strategic turnaround plan appear distant.
Last year’s production figure was set at 300,000 tonnes at the beginning of the first crop before being revised midway through the year to 282,000 tonnes. However, only 237,000 tonnes of sugar was produced last year.
In 2010, the target was 264,000 tonnes but the corporation