sometimes i feel like i am going out of my mind
at the guyana sugar corporation we are deeply involved in the nation’s important goal of agricultural self-sufficiency…and hence we have embarked on a crop diversification programme which includes black eye peas, corn, cassava and fish culture [tilapia] through our continuous research and technological advancement, we proceed apace with our work for the improvement of yields and variety breeding 1973!
Guyana 2016
http://www.stabroeknews.com/2016/news/stories/11/21/rose-hall-sugar-estate-workers-fear-future/
Wales, according to him, is a “pilot estate and we’re testing the diversification options there… We would try to encourage the farmers to participate in that by offering them the land.”
GuySuCo also has plans to develop a number of industries in the agricultural sector including the processing of fruits and fruit juices, the establishment of a pasteurization plant as well as aquaculture and apiculture.
Don’t worry Mark – you not losing it. History repeats itself, those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it, etc. etc.
From my youth I remember when the PNC government pursued this policy and they were accused of everything just short of genocide.
Meanwhile, Bajan multimillionaire Kyffin Simpson has invested millions in a modern megafarm in the Upper Takatu-Upper Essequibo region, growing rice, soya beans, corn, livestock…But wait, I don’t see sugar cane on that list, I wonder why?