The Guyana Sugar Corporation Inc. (GuySuCo) yesterday said that it experienced a shortfall of 29.3% in this year’s first crop with actual production of 56, 825 tonnes compared with a budget of 80,270 tonnes.
The audit of the production, which takes place at the end of each crop, is underway, but it is not expected that the final figure would vary significantly, a release from the beleaguered corporation said.
The shortfall in the first crop was due substantially to the El Nino weather conditions which severely dried out the canes, drastically constrained cane growth and led to lower sugar content, the release said.
