The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) has so far produced just around 42,000 tonnes of sugar and is some 18,000 tonnes away from its estimated target for this year of just over 60,000 tonnes, sources within the industry have said.
In August, GuySuCo announced via a press release that the Albion/Port Mourant estate had again surpassed its weekly production target for the second crop of 2023. That achievement, it had stated, was due to the 70% turnout of harvesters that week as against a turnout of 62% in the second crop of 2022, resulting in the estate’s increased ability to supply canes to the factory.
The release had also stated that workers were continuing to respond positively to a better-than-expected cane yield in the field and an incentive scheme that was motivating greater productivity. Those positive factors, it pointed out, contributed to the estate’s achievement of its target for the second time, and would boost the income of workers at the Albion Estate. They earned an additional day’s pay, which was tax-free, through GuySuCo’s Weekly Production Incentive (WPI) programme.
