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Tag: sugarcane expansion

Tag: sugarcane expansion

Sweetness & Power (17) – “Smart Farming” sugar plan crashes into bitter reality

10/10/2019 Opinion

An analysis of Thailand’s sugar industry hampered by low world sugar prices, farmers consistently growing at a loss, and local opposition to new sugar mills as the government champions “Smart Farming,” an 80 percent increase of sugarcane production by 2026, and 29 new mills in the Northeast. How do these plans square up with reality?

Sweetness & Power (15) – Talking sugar with Mitr Phol and the Sugarcane Board

09/27/2019 Interviews

Representatives of Mitr Phol Group and the Office of Cane and Sugar Board talk about sugarcane in the Northeast and their role in the region’s sugar scheme.

Sweetness & Power (14) – Picking a fight with Big Sugar

09/25/2019 Features

As the government is planning to build 29 new sugar mills, each equipped with a power plant, in Isaan before 2024, communities are responding, fearful that the projects will impact local livelihoods and the environment.

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