AGRICULTURE NEWS - Sugar cane growers have expressed optimism about using cotton production as part of a diversification strategy.
This emerged in a recent study conducted as part of the Sugar Value Chain Master Plan, according to Andrew Russell, chairperson of the South African Cane Growers’ Association.
In recent years, the sugar industry had faced a range of challenges from drought and plunging global sugar prices, to the threat of cheap imports and the tax on sugar-sweetened beverages, commonly referred to as the sugar tax.
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