ARTICLE 2 #Sugar News

In Jalgaon district, all three sugar factories have shut down. As a result, farmers who were growing sugarcane have switched to maize.

The government of Guyana has received a proposal from an Indian investor to establish a small sugar factory at Skeldon, one of its sugar estates. This proposal is part of wider efforts to revitalize the sugar sector, including plans to restart cane planting and increasing production.