All posts tagged "Sugar Sector"
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30Sugar News in EnglishKenya aims to be sugar exporting country
President William Ruto announced Kenya's sugar sector revival, with all 17 factories operational and four more under construction. July 2024 production hit...
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27Sugar News in EnglishUganda : Kadaga backs reforms to boost sugar sector
Uganda's First Deputy PM Rebecca Kadaga expressed optimism that recommendations from the sugarcane sector's regulatory impact assessment will resolve disputes between growers...
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26Sugar News in EnglishKenya : Coast sugarcane output rises on good rains
Kwale International Sugar Company Ltd (Kiscol) has seen increased sugarcane output from its 1,500 outgrower farmers, with improved rains boosting planting. The...
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41Sugar News in EnglishKenya : Deny licenses to millers who don’t develop cane, say workers
In Kenya's Western region, sugar industry workers are urging the government to condition milling license renewals on millers' efforts to cultivate sugarcane....
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41Sugar News in EnglishKhandsari Producers Challenge ISMA Over Export Curbs
A conflict is escalating in India's sugar sector over proposed export restrictions on khandsari, an unrefined sugar. The Indian Sugar and Bio-Energy...
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56Sugar News in EnglishNigerian sugar master plan gains traction 12 yrs after set up
The National Sugar Development Council (NSDC) has revamped the National Sugar Master Plan (NSMP) to improve local sugar production and the entire...
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50Sugar News in EnglishSangeet Singla appointed as Joint Secretary, Department of Food & Public Distribution
In a recent bureaucratic reshuffle, Sangeet Singla has been appointed Joint Secretary of the Department of Food & Public Distribution, effective from...
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58Sugar News in EnglishKenya : MPs strike deal on contested sugar reforms
Kenya's Parliament has resolved a deadlock over the Sugar Bill, 2022, allowing it to proceed to President William Ruto for signing. The...
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57Sugar News in EnglishKenya : Lawmakers finally strike deal on contested sugar reforms
Kenya's lawmakers have passed the Sugar Bill, 2022, reforming the troubled sugar industry. It removes sugarcane from Agriculture and Food Authority oversight...
