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Sugar industry: Ministry discusses ways and means to create R&D fund
2016-03-01 07:18:17| Sugar Industry News
Ministry of Industries and Production (MoI&P) on Friday discussed ways and means to create a Research and Development (R&D) fund for the sugar industry. Sources in sugar industry told Business Recorder that the Economic Co-ordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet on December 7, 2015 approved a cash support for incidental and freight (subsidy) @Rs 13 per kg for export of sugar and directed that the MoI&P should propose an appropriate percentage of the subsidy amount to be committed for Research & Development (R&D).
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Barbados - 2016 sugar crop to nosedive following drought conditions
2016-03-01 07:18:17| Sugar Industry News
The 2016 sugar harvest, which is set to start on March 7, is likely to be one of the lowest in many years. With production this year projected at 85,000 tonnes of cane and 7,000 tonnes of raw sugar, industry officials fear a further blow to this sector ...
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Market gets a sugar hit
2016-03-01 07:18:17| Sugar Industry News
THE INTERNATIONAL sugar trade posted one of the most remarkable price rallies in any soft commodity in recent years this week, with the price in certain futures categories rising by an incredible 11 per cent.
South Africa's drought-hit sugar harvest to be smallest since 1995
2016-03-01 07:18:17| Sugar Industry News
South Africa is expected to harvest 1.63 million tonnes of sugar in the 2015/2016 season, the lowest since 1995 and down 22 percent on the previous period as a severe drought hits production, an industry body said on Wednesday. The worst drought in a century has hurt sugar and maize producing regions, piling pressure on sugar producers who are also grappling with cheap imports, forcing some mills to remain closed and reducing jobs in the sector.
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Berkeley Lab researchers devise new technique to reduce lignin and increase sugar yields; lowering biomass pretreatment costs
2016-02-25 11:56:13| Green Car Congress
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