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Cuba's sugar mills get lease of life
Varadero :: Cuba | 1 day ago
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Silent for seven years, the town's sugar mill has been given a new lease of life. Sugar was Cuba's biggest export until the 1990s, providing half a million jobs. But when the Soviet market disappeared and the world sugar price sank, almost two-thirds
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Development underway for first transgenic sugarcane plantation
Jember :: Indonesia | 3 days ago
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Bambang Purwantara, a member of the commission, said that the institutions which held the mandate to approve biotech plants had all given the nod to a drought-resistant transgenic sugarcane seed The cane, developed by state plantation firm PT
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Sugar pay day
Suva :: Fiji Islands | 6 days ago
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Sugar Cane Growers Council CEO Sundresh Chetty said the payout was the biggest ever made to growers. "Growers will share close to $32m in cane payment and this is a huge milestone for the industry," Mr Chetty said. "The council thanked the government
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Mill ready to crush
Suva :: Fiji Islands | 10 days ago
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FSC executive chairman Abdul Khan said they managed to uplift the efficiency of the mill through proper maintenance and also targeting the past problem areas. "The mill is preparing well for the new sugarcane procession season," Mr Khan said. "This
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$100 per month
Suva :: Fiji Islands | 10 days ago
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Gyan Singh. "These growers will receive $100 a month, every month for the rest of their lives. "We made a collective decision during our last general assembly to introduce a fund that would take care of our elderly farmers and the payment on May 24
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Cane farmers want payment
Cane :: Honduras | 11 days ago
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FSC to pay up the fourth cane payment from last season so they can prepare for the new crushing season scheduled for next month. Sugar Cane Growers Council CEO Sundresh Chetty said the more than 13,000 cane farmers in the country wanted to be paid
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U.S. nod to help Brazil boost sales of distilled cane spirit cachaca
Brazil :: IN :: USA | 13 days ago
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Cachaca a national treasure in Brazil and the world's fourth-most-produced distilled spirit is little known abroad, except as an ingredient in popular cocktails like caipirinhas. But that could soon change now that the United States recognizes the
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Police probe cane farm fire
Suva :: Fiji Islands | 14 days ago
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Police received a report that an unknown person set fire to the property that belonged to 73-year-old Amra Wati. Spokesman Inspector Atunaisa Sokomuri said the property contained 220 tonnes of cane and estimated cost of damage is $4000.
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$69m aid for sugar
Brussels :: Belgium | 15 days ago
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Maciu Malo Thursday, May 09, 2013 THE European Union says it will commit another $69million to improve the sugar industry this year. But Sugar permanent secretary Lieutenant Colonel Manasa Vaniqi believes the assistance will be extended after
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Fodder for fuel: Brisbane Airport seeks alternative
Sydney :: Australia | 16 days ago
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Brisbane Airport is set to take part in a landmark biofuel trial. Photo: Peter O'Donnell Brisbane Airport could be the first in Australia where planes can fill up with biofuel made from weeds or sugarcane. Virgin Australia, Brisbane Airport
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