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Jamaicas sugar job losses signal an industry at a crossroads
2015-08-28 10:13:25| Sugar Industry News
Jamaicas sugar industry is attempting to weather a perfect storm of high production costs, a two-year drought resulting in falling yields for some of its most productive cane fields and low price forecasts on a highly competitive global market.
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SIA to be Jamaica's sole importer of refined sugar
2014-11-06 13:05:34| Sugar Industry News
THE Sugar Industry Authority (SIA) is to be reinstated as Jamaica's sole importer of refined sugar, starting at the beginning of the new crop year in December. This was announced yesterday by Agriculture, Labour and Social Security Minister Derrick Kellier when he addressed cane farmers at the All-Island Jamaica Cane Farmers' Association 74th Annual General Meeting at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in Kingston.
Jamaica's weighs using sugar for energy or rum
2014-07-08 10:25:20| Sugar Industry News
Jamaica's sugar industry aims to produce 3.5 million tons of cane by 2018, Jamaica Cane Product Sales GM Karl James told the Gleaner Friday.
Jamaican Government reaffirms commitment to Jamaica\'s Sugar Industry
2013-09-10 07:48:21| Sugar Industry News
Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Roger Clarke, says the government remains committed to the continued strengthening of Jamaica\'s sugar industry through the implementation of several projects and initiatives.
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Jamaica's Agricultural Sector Must Produce More
2013-07-18 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
JAMAICA - Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Roger Clarke, has said that with Jamaica's vulnerability to natural disasters and dependence on food imports, the agricultural sector must increase its capacity to produce more wholesome foods, while expanding local production.
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