The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) has declared that the second crop for 2019 has recorded a 23 per cent shortfall and not 35 per cent as claimed by the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers’ Union (GAWU) and the National Association of Agricultural, Commercial and Industrial Employees (NAACIE).
In a joint statement on October 4 the unions said that at a meeting with GuySuCo it was learnt that the second crop is nearly 35 per cent below its anticipated production and pointed to a number of equipment breakdowns as a possible reason.
However in a brief statement yesterday the corporation explained that the actual production deficit at the time of the union’s statement was 23% of the revised production schedule and that deficit was due primarily to the late start of the crop.
