Sugar in crisis –Ramotar … -floats co-operatives, open to suggestions

A section of the gathering at the Enmore Martyrs event (GINA photo)

In his starkest warning to date, President Donald Ramotar yesterday said that the sugar industry is at a crisis point and in desperate need of resuscitation but he offered no concrete proposals while inviting ideas from stakeholders.

Ramotar’s remarks came at the annual observance for the Enmore martyrs and in the backdrop of the lowest first crop for sugar which has sparked concerns about the future of the industry.

The President said “I am ready for all ideas. I am ready to accept all workable ideas that will turn this industry around. If the workers and the unions feel that they know and they understand the industry very, very good and they can produce better than the