The first crop of the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) estates saw a shortfall of 23,000 tonnes from the production target of 80,270, largely as a result of the El Nino dry weather conditions.
Errol Hanoman, GuySuCo’s Chief Executive Officer told Stabroek News that the “drought had a severe impact on the [first] crop” but he was happy that the recent rains had brought some relief.
He said the Skeldon, Wales and Uitvlugt estates were the first to close and that
