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allAfrica.com: Nigeria: Council Advocates Mini Sugar Plant Concept to Empower Farmers
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Illovo lifts profit even as sugar output falls - Business News | IOL Business | IOL.co.za
www.iol.co.za | 17 hours 4 minutes ago
Illovo delivered an impressive 31 percent increase in operating profit for the year to March despite writing off costs of R173 million spent over four years on a project in Mali.

Council advocates mini sugar plant concept to empower farmers
www.dailytrust.com.ng | May 25, 2012
mini sugar plant concept in Nigeria will empower local farmers to adopt the value-chain approach that will enable them generate income from cane production to processing, sugar production and marketing, the Acting Executive Secretary, National Sugar Development Council, Dr. L.D. Busari, has said.

Sugarcane bill to tackled at committee level by June, says lawmaker | Sun.Star
www.sunstar.com.ph | May 24, 2012
THIRT District Representative Albee Benitez said Wednesday that the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives will start deliberations on his proposed “Sugarcane Bill” by the first week of June. Benitez filed House Bill 6113 or the Sugarcane Industry Development Act of 2012 last May

DAILY STAR: Top Stories
www.visayandailystar.com | May 24, 2012
The Philippine sugar industry delegation to Washington has assured the continued supply of sugar to the United States in the coming years and support for the US Farm bill, Sugar Regulatory Administrator Ma. Regina Bautista Martin said yesterday.

India Government to establish two factories in Anlo | VibeGhana.com
vibeghana.com | May 23, 2012
A 25 million- dollar sugar processing factory and a 2 million- dollar tomato processing plant, with majority Indian government funding are to be established in the Keta Municipality

Sugar mill unveils $42m revamp plans - Yahoo!7
au.news.yahoo.com | May 23, 2012
The owner of the only sugar mill on the Atherton Tablelands, west of Cairns in far north Queensland, says it is spending $42 million on a major upgrade.

Sugar reform advocates ‘disappointed’ with lack of policy debate
www.foodnavigator-usa.com | May 22, 2012
Sugar users have said they are disappointed that both the Senate and House Agriculture Committees have voted to advance the 2012 Farm Bill without amending current sugar policy, which they claim costs the US food industry by inflating domestic sugar prices.

Komenda Sugar Factory to be Revamped soon | Business News 2012-05-21
www.ghanaweb.com | May 22, 2012
India and the Ghana Government have reached an agreement to reactivate the Komenda Sugar Factory after three years of negotiations initiated by Dr. Joseph Samuel Annan, Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry.