Posts By The Fiji Times
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144Sugar News in EnglishFiji : $17.03 per tonne of cane payment on Friday
Fiji sugarcane farmers will receive a fourth cane payment of \$17.03 per tonne on May 23, 2025, for the 2024 season. This...
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152Sugar News in English2025 crushing dates announced – no date for Rarawai, Ba mill released
The Sugar Industry Tribunal has confirmed that Fiji’s 2025 crushing season will begin on June 11 at Lautoka mill and June 17...
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124Sugar News in EnglishFiji : Lifeline for farmers
The Sugar Cane Growers Fund, established in the 1940s, has been vital to Fiji’s sugar industry, providing loans and support to farmers....
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141Sugar News in EnglishSugar Industry Tribunal announces cane payment for Friday
Fiji’s sugarcane farmers will receive a $12.22 per tonne payment on Friday, the third for the 2024 season, bringing the total to...
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118Sugar News in EnglishFiji : SCGF loans portfolio worth $33m
The Sugar Cane Growers Fund holds a loan portfolio worth $33 million, with 4,600 registered farmers involved, according to CEO Raj Sharma....
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128EnglishFiji : Labasa lawyer gets appointed to FSC board
It looks like the Fiji Sugar Corporation is undergoing some leadership changes with Adrian Ram stepping in as a new board director....
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154Sugar News in EnglishFiji : Chamber supports calls by Ba farmer
Fiji’s sugar industry needs urgent cost-cutting reforms, says Nadi Chamber of Commerce president Dr. Ram Raju, backing farmer Arvind Singh’s call for...
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184Sugar News in EnglishSharma: Only 10,260 cane growers remain in Fiji
Fiji’s sugarcane industry faces fluctuations, with only 10,260 active growers last season, according to Sugarcane Growers Fund CEO Raj Sharma. Challenges such...
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234Sugar News in EnglishFiji : ‘Current crop of cane farmers is industry’s last’
Fiji’s sugar industry is at risk as aging farmers abandon sugarcane cultivation. Former FSC board member Arvind Singh warns that younger generations...
