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July 6, 2015 The New Indian Express (Express News Service) | http://goo.gl/1sqNrr

BENGALURU:  Karnataka Pranta Raita Sangha (KPRS) president and CPM leader Maruti Manpade blamed the flaws in the Central Government’s policy on sugar import  for the crisis in the industry.

The sugar policy adopted by the Centre is biased and favours mills, he told Express, and…

July 6, 2015Visayan Daily Star | http://goo.gl/PxO5Lp

With the impending frequent El Niños due to climate change, the Philippine Sugar Research Institute Foundation Inc. (PHILSURIN) Experiment Station in Victorias City has identified high yielding varieties (HYVs) that could tolerate dry condition in specific soil types, a Philsurin press release said yesterday.

In…

July 3, 2015SunStar (Jeandie O. Galolo) | http://goo.gl/jMsBDY

Dwindling production. Aside from a drop in production of sugar, the industry is also losing its workers to the booming construction industry. National Federation of Sugar Planters vice president Jose Mari Miranda says it will take three to five years for the Northern Cebu plantations to recover from the…

July 2, 2015 Sugaronline | http://goo.gl/piDZOb

To survive in the long term, the Fiji Sugar Industry will have to prepare itself for competition at world market prices, says Sugar Ministry permanent secretary Parmesh Chand, according to the Fiji Times newspaper.

Speaking to industry stakeholders during the start of the crushing season at the Lautoka mill Wednesday…

July 2, 2015 Sugaronline | http://goo.gl/WtpRbm

Universal Robina Corp. (URC) said it has commissioned its 46-megawatt (MW) biomass power facility in Negros Occidental, marking the Gokongwei-led conglomerate's maiden foray into power generation, according to the Philippines' Business World.

Half of the facility's output will be used to power its sugar mill, while…