All posts tagged "Fiji"
-
157Rice News in EnglishChinese Ambassador backs Fiji rice expansion
Chinese Ambassador to Fiji, Zhou Jian, has highlighted Fiji's underutilized land suitable for rice cultivation, emphasizing its potential to enhance food security....
-
158Sugar 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....
-
173Sugar 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...
-
158EnglishFiji : 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....
-
190Sugar 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...
-
226Sugar 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...
-
201Sugar News in EnglishFiji : More support for the survival of sugar industry
Fiji’s Sugar Minister, Charan Jeath Singh, criticized past management for failing to modernize the industry by diversifying into cogeneration, ethanol, and refining....
-
156Sugar News in EnglishFiji : Revitalizing of sugar industry
The sugar industry must produce around 4 million tonnes of cane to regain stability, ensuring the sustainability of mills and farmers’ livelihoods....
-
286Sugar 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...
