President of the Guyana Agro-Processing Associa-tion (GAPA), Ramanand Prashad, says the high cost for electricity supplied by the Guyana Power and Light Inc (GPL) has led to local agro-processed products being costly.
Speaking at an Agro-Processor’s Forum, held at the International Conference Centre, Liliendaal, on Friday, Prashad said that costing agro-processed products not only included land acquisition but also the other factors used every day in agro-processing operations.
He cited electricity as the number one factor leading to higher costs of locally produced products because it
