{"id":11995,"date":"2023-07-21T21:29:28","date_gmt":"2023-07-21T21:29:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=11995"},"modified":"2023-07-21T21:29:29","modified_gmt":"2023-07-21T21:29:29","slug":"rose-hall-estate-set-to-reopen-in-october-after-successful-steam-trial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/rose-hall-estate-set-to-reopen-in-october-after-successful-steam-trial\/","title":{"rendered":"Rose Hall Estate Set to Reopen in October After Successful Steam Trial"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>The Rose Hall sugar estate located in East Berbice-Corentyne is gearing up to resume its grinding operations in October this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha has confirmed that the final preparations are underway to meet the set timeline.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"198\" height=\"254\" src=\"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Agriculture-Minister-Zulfikar-Mustapha.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11712\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Agriculture-Minister-Zulfikar-Mustapha.jpg 198w, https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Agriculture-Minister-Zulfikar-Mustapha-122x157.jpg 122w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Minister of Agriculture, <br>Zulfikar Mustapha<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Last month, the Rose Hall Estate conducted a successful steam trial, a significant step towards its official reopening for the second crop of the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the trial, approximately 10 punts of sugarcane were crushed successfully, and various other works were tested and verified.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister Mustapha expressed his satisfaction with the progress, stating that the estate&#8217;s reopening aligns with the government&#8217;s commitment to revitalize the sugar industry, as outlined in their manifesto.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The significant investments, totaling billions of dollars, have resulted in increased production, raising expectations for higher productivity levels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A total of 561 million dollars has been injected this year to continue the rehabilitation efforts at the Rose Hall Sugar Estate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The dedicated investments have contributed to the estate&#8217;s readiness to resume operations in the upcoming sugar crop season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With the estate&#8217;s scheduled opening in October, it is expected that around 3,000 acres of sugarcane will be sown for the second crop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The reopening of Rose Hall Sugar Estate represents a significant milestone for the local sugar industry, offering hope for sustained growth and prosperity in the region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Rose Hall sugar estate located in East Berbice-Corentyne is gearing up to resume its grinding operations in October this year. Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha has confirmed that the final&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":11996,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[366,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11995","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-development","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11995","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11995"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11995\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11997,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11995\/revisions\/11997"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}