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Chemelil Sugar owes farmers Sh186m
2016-02-03 07:05:46| Sugar Industry News
NAIROBI: Chemelil Sugar Company says it still owes cane suppliers Sh185.7 million. However, the miller moved to allay fears that it may be on the brink of collapse.
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Tanzania sugar project leaves bitter taste for farmers caught up in land disputes
2015-10-21 13:23:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Ariel Zirulnick: Per Carstedt, executive chairman of the Swedish company Agro EcoEnergy, has a vision for a shrubby tract of land on the north Tanzanian coast. Under his firms plan, farmers who once depended on subsistence work will earn wages on a sugarcane plantation or from selling sugarcane they grow to a planned processing facility. The factory will process sugar for export as well as for ethanol. The fields will be crisscrossed with irrigation canals and treated with a mix of organic and synthetic fertiliser....
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Queensland cane farmers' group calls new round of sugar marketing mediation a 'waste of time and money'
2015-10-19 08:56:15| Sugar Industry News
A Queensland cane farmer lobby group says new mediation to solve the current dispute between millers and growers is a "waste of time".
Sugar Industry prepares farmers for 2017
2015-09-29 08:36:49| Sugar Industry News
Sugar cane farmers need to start preparing themselves for the imminent uphill climb the industry will face when the European Union quota on Sugar comes to a halt in October 2017 says Sugar Research Institute of Fiji Chair Professor Rajesh Chandra.
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Kenya: Mumias Sugar Reappoints Australian CEO, to Pay Farmers From Today
2015-07-13 09:40:18| Sugar Industry News
The Mumias Sugar Company has reappointed Australian Errol Johnston as its new CEO effective August 1.
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