{"id":14943,"date":"2024-01-02T20:53:55","date_gmt":"2024-01-02T20:53:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=14943"},"modified":"2024-01-02T20:53:56","modified_gmt":"2024-01-02T20:53:56","slug":"guysuco-prepares-for-increased-sugar-production-in-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/guysuco-prepares-for-increased-sugar-production-in-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"GuySuCo Prepares for Increased Sugar Production in 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) is gearing up for a robust year of sugar production in 2024, with plans to increase cultivation and output. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The recently reopened Rose Hall estate, now considered the most efficient among the four estates, is contributing to the corporation&#8217;s production goals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Currently, 750 hectares of land have been prepared for sugarcane cultivation across all four estates through a public-private sector partnership. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>CEO Sasenarine Singh mentioned that they are aiming for about 2000 hectares, and the available financing supports this objective.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2024, Rose Hall estate is expected to contribute significantly to the sugar industry, completing a full year of grinding and becoming an equal member of the sugar fraternity. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Singh noted that Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha would announce the production targets and achievements for 2023 early in the new year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Rose Hall estate, which underwent a six-week trial reopening in September, has already crushed around 14,500 tonnes of sugarcane, confirming its mechanical reliability. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The impact of reopening Rose Hall is evident in the employment opportunities it created, with 560 persons hired this year alone and a total of over 1400 individuals benefiting, according to Singh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Rose Hall estate, closed in 2017, required substantial rehabilitation efforts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over 9000 moving parts had to be replaced, and a mechanical reliability study was conducted. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The government allocated over 1.1 billion dollars in the 2023 budget for the estate&#8217;s reopening and an additional 1.5 billion dollars in supplementary funding for the rehabilitation of lands across various estates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With these initiatives, GuySuCo aims to contribute to increased sugar production, supporting both the industry and local communities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) is gearing up for a robust year of sugar production in 2024, with plans to increase cultivation and output. The recently reopened Rose Hall estate,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":14944,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[362,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14943","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-low-carbon-development","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14943","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=14943"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14943\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14945,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14943\/revisions\/14945"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14944"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14943"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14943"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14943"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}