An opposition MP in Fiji says the new management of the Fiji Sugar Corporation has a chance to be more inclusive than its predecessors.
Sugar cane trucks in Fiji's western division. Photo: RNZ / Alex Perrottet
This week Zimbabwe-born Graham Clark was announced the new CEO and a hold was put on a number of projects until further feasibility studies were undertaken.
Biman Prasad said it was important that the FSC go back to basics instead of focussing so much on diversification.
Dr Prasad said the new CEO and board should not take knee-jerk action and start only looking at the operations of the FSC in isolation from the industry as a whole.
"The real issue in the industry is that the cane production in the last several years has declined and farmers have lost confidence in the way the FSC was managed in the past."
The sugar industry has suffered in recent years, impacted by plummeting international sugar prices and cyclone damage to crops.
The former FSC CEO Abdul Khan resigned in October, citing health reasons but Dr Prasad had called for an investigation into allegations of nepotism and mismanagement.
