Tag: sugar industry
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Fiji increases cane delivery payment to $47 to support more than 10,000 smallholder farmers
More than 10,000 cane farmers across Fiji will receive a modest but important boost to their harvesting income after the delivery payment was raised from $42… Read more
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Fiji Sugar Corp reports record-low cane production in 2025 season amid drought, urging irrigation investment and milling upgrades
Bhan Pratap Singh told members of the Standing Committee on Economic Affairs that a prolonged dry spell across cane belt areas in 2025 was the major… Read more
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Fiji Sugar plans to make Rarawai the sole mill on Viti Levu with a $150 million boiler and cogeneration upgrade
Bhan Pratap Singh told the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Economic Affairs that the proposal forms part of FSC’s three- to five-year plan and is backed by… Read more
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Fiji sugar dispute deepens as NFU chief Chaudhry and Agriculture Minister Tunabuna clash over cane payments and harvest delays
Chaudhry reiterated his call during an NFU meeting in Lautoka on June 11, 2026, where he met with members to press the union’s case. Read more
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Fiji guarantees $85 per tonne cane price for 2026 season to support sugarcane farmers
Dutt’s comments come amid renewed farmer frustration over falling returns and rising production costs, and follow formal consultations between growers, industry bodies and government. Read more
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Fiji Sugar Corporation: No Direct Government Funding, Loans Backed by State Guarantees as Farmers Seek Higher Cane Payments
Singh appeared before the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Economic Affairs to explain how Government assistance is channelled across the sugar sector. Read more
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Fiji cane farmers reject FSC’s $47 per tonne delivery payment, demand at least $60 ahead of the 2026 season
Cane farmers across Fiji have flatly rejected the Fiji Sugar Corporation’s revised delivery payment of $47 per tonne, saying the figure announced yesterday is inadequate to… Read more
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Fiji sugar supply at risk as only about 5-6% of cane gangs sign MOGA, FSC warns of crush deferment
The Fiji Sugar Corporation has issued an urgent warning that the nation’s sugar supply could be at risk from early July unless many more cane-harvesting gangs… Read more
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Fiji Labour Party’s Chaudhry urges national land-use policy to secure land access for sugar revival and rural livelihoods
Fiji Labour Party leader Mahendra Chaudhry has urged the Government to take control of land-use planning with a national policy, saying the future of agriculture and… Read more
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Fiji sugar stocks at risk of depletion by month-end as cane harvest readiness remains critically low
Appearing before the Standing Committee on Economic Affairs, FSC Chief Operating Officer Mikaele Daukoto said mill operations are at risk because very few growers have confirmed… Read more