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Up to 1,788.9 hectares of sugarcane plantations in four provinces in the Visayas have been affected by infestation caused by the red-striped soft-scale insect, according to the Sugar Regulatory Administration.

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Sugar stakeholders in Negros Occidental have expressed alarm over the declining millgate prices of sugar and mollasses, saying the industry’s foregone revenues may exceed P20 billion in June if the problem is not addressed properly.

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Japan is looking to the Philippines as a potential partner in developing new bioethanol sources as Tokyo ramps up research collaboration on sugarcane technologies and low-carbon fuel production.

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The government has been asked to cushion the impact of the Middle East crisis on the local sugar industry by providing sugarcane farmers and agrarian reform beneficiaries fertilizer assistance and other subsidies.

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Sugar stakeholders in Negros Occidental have expressed alarm over the declining millgate prices of sugar and mollasses, saying the industry’s foregone revenues may exceed P20 billion in June if the problem is not addressed properly.

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