{"id":16283,"date":"2024-02-05T16:29:13","date_gmt":"2024-02-05T16:29:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=16283"},"modified":"2024-02-05T16:29:14","modified_gmt":"2024-02-05T16:29:14","slug":"sugar-production-set-to-resume-at-rose-hall-estate-by-months-end","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/sugar-production-set-to-resume-at-rose-hall-estate-by-months-end\/","title":{"rendered":"Sugar Production Set to Resume at Rose Hall Estate by Month&#8217;s End"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>Sugar production is slated to recommence at the Rose Hall Estate by the end of this month, according to Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The announcement was made during the consideration of budget estimates for the sugar industry. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister Mustapha revealed that approximately 2,500 hectares of sugarcane at Rose Hall are available for production in the first crop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Responding to queries from the Opposition, Minister Mustapha emphasized that significant investments, amounting to $9 billion, were made to repair the estate, which reopened in September 2023. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In its reopening year, the estate produced 1031 metric tonnes of sugar, and the factory is expected to increase production with revised targets for each estate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Saskia-Sugar-1.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Regarding the operability of sugar boilers, Minister Mustapha clarified that there are no defects at the Rose Hall Estate. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Saskia-Sugar-2.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Anticipating a 66% growth in the sugar industry this year, the Minister highlighted the industry&#8217;s substantial expansion in 2023, with 52% more land planted compared to the previous year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The resumption of sugar production at the Rose Hall Estate signifies a positive step for the sugar industry in Guyana, contributing to economic growth and sustainability in the sector.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sugar production is slated to recommence at the Rose Hall Estate by the end of this month, according to Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha. The announcement was made during the consideration&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":16284,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[366,362,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16283","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-development","category-low-carbon-development","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16283","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=16283"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16283\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16287,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16283\/revisions\/16287"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16284"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16283"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}