All posts tagged "farmers"
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98Sugar News in EnglishKenya : Sh1.3 billion testing units ignored as sugar firms ‘rob’ farmers
An audit revealed that 11 sugar companies have not operationalized cane testing units installed four years ago, undermining a quality-based payment system...
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74Sugar News in EnglishFiji : Emphasis on mechanisation of sugar industry
Reshmi Kumari, Director of Planning, Policy and Research for Fiji's Ministry of Sugar, highlighted mechanisation's benefits at the IAPSIT conference in Vietnam....
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87Sugar News in EnglishDay after farmers lock gate, Phagwara mill lodges plaint
Farmers under the Bharatiya Kisan Union (Doaba) locked Phagwara sugar mill gates over pending dues of ₹27 crore. The new mill management...
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95Maize News in EnglishTanzania’s agriculture minister tells WFP to either comply with maize price or shut down centres
Tanzanian Agriculture Minister Hussein Bashe ordered the World Food Programme (WFP) to buy maize from farmers at Sh700 per kilogram or shut...
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98Rice News in EnglishPhilippines : 50,000 rice farmers seen to benefit from new DBP facility
The Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) aims to support 50,000 rice farmers this dry cropping season through the Agri-Puhunan at Pantawid...
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104Edible Oil News in EnglishIndia palm oil output to triple in 6 years as farmers plant more: Agrovet
India's palm oil production is projected to triple, reaching 1.2 to 1.5 million metric tons by 2030-31, up from 400,000 tons currently....
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99Sugar News in EnglishWorld’s biggest deforestation project gets underway in Papua for sugarcane
Excavators have begun clearing land in Merauke, Papua, for a massive sugarcane project, touted as the world’s largest deforestation operation. The project...
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72Ethanol & Bioenergy News in EnglishErnst honored as champion for homegrown American biofuels
U.S. Senator Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, received Growth Energy’s 2024 Fueling Growth Award for her strong support of American biofuel producers. A member...
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84Maize News in EnglishNigeria C’River: 200 Farmers To Receive N1m Each For Maize Production
The Cross River State Government has launched the Project Grow initiative, providing N1 million loans to 200 farmers in Odukpani to cultivate...
