In 2019, key sugar exporters, led by Brazil, lodged a formal complaint at the WTO against India over subsidies on sugar exports and support to its cane sector. Brazil claimed […]

European sugar beet growers express their solidarity with the Ukrainian people, farmers and sugar beet industry suffering from the war. In this situation, Europe has to reaffirm its ambition on […]

Political lobbying is the most effective instrument currently available to EU sugar stakeholders to manage the risks associated with their businesses, according to the recently published European Commission-sponsored study by […]

Since the restrictions on the use of neonicotinoids for treating sugar beet seed in September 2018 in the EU, various sugar industries have been applying for and securing emergency authorization […]

Against the constant reminder that sugar operates in a bear market, and diversification is imperative for sugar companies to cushion them against volatility, very few have tipped their toes in […]

Undoubtedly, the Covid-19 pandemic and climate change have impacted the fortunes not only in the sugar industry. The frequency of extreme hot weather and record temperatures and rainfall has increased […]

Companies embracing sustainability realize that this requires embracing a range of actions. Research2 from the University of California, Berkeley’s Haas School of Business, highlights one. It offers a compelling insight […]

The demonization of sugar has given birth to the sugar reduction sector, and in the recent past, accelerated it. Mass media is replete with reports from anti-sugar evangelists and health […]

“All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.” Arthur Schopenhauer During the current summer, flooding, searing […]