{"id":21892,"date":"2024-09-02T16:12:02","date_gmt":"2024-09-02T16:12:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=21892"},"modified":"2024-09-02T16:12:04","modified_gmt":"2024-09-02T16:12:04","slug":"minister-of-agriculture-assures-no-sugar-shortage-amidst-production-challenges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/minister-of-agriculture-assures-no-sugar-shortage-amidst-production-challenges\/","title":{"rendered":"Minister of Agriculture Assures No Sugar Shortage Amidst Production Challenges"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>By Saskia Warrick<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha has addressed concerns about a potential sugar shortage in Guyana, clarifying that there will be no scarcity of sugar on the local market. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite challenges such as the El Nino phenomenon and production issues at Albion Estate due to a fire, Minister Mustapha assured that measures are in place to maintain supply.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The minister explained that the darker color of the sugar currently available is not indicative of a shortage. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He emphasized that there are systems in place to ensure a steady supply of sugar. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, Minister Mustapha responded firmly to opposition queries regarding the reopening schedule for other estates, defending the government&#8217;s handling of the situation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since the revival of the sugar industry, Guyana has seen a 28% growth in production last year, with a projected 66% increase for this year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The country is also exporting sugar to international markets at a rate of $750 per tonne.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Saskia Warrick Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha has addressed concerns about a potential sugar shortage in Guyana, clarifying that there will be no scarcity of sugar on the local market.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":21894,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[366,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21892","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\/21892","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=21892"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21892\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21895,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21892\/revisions\/21895"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21894"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21892"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21892"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21892"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}