Another 5,000 hectares of land will be used for sugar production at the Skeldon Estate in Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne), President Irfaan Ali announced yesterday.
The Head of State made this disclosure while delivering his feature address at the commissioning ceremony of Republic Bank’s new Williamsburg branch on the Corentyne.
The President said that production at these lands will be mechanised and the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) has already sourced new varieties of sugarcane to be planted there.
