Sugar Stakeholders Seek Palace Assistance
by James Konstantin Galvez (The Manila Times) Some 100 sugarcane industry stakeholders asked the support of the Department of Agriculture during a recent dialogue in providing the necessary equipment in the mechanization of sugarcane production for both sugar and ethanol. Sugarcane farmers, particularly members of sugar Mill District Development Committees (MDDCs), said that the government should help them acquire tractors, irrigation systems and trucks, citing that mechanization and ethanol production are keys to a more sustainable and globally competitive sugarcane industry.
…Other farmers also clamored for more farm-to-market roads in major sugar-producing provinces for faster and more efficient transport of cane to the mills.
…Members of the Ethanol Producers Association of the Philippines have complained that current tariff on imported ethanol is too low, at only 1 percent, hence pricing out locally produced ethanol. They propose that it should be increased to 20 percent to protect the local ethanol industry, and attract more investors to the country.
…Small farmers also requested more accessible and affordable credit to enable them to buy high-yielding sugarcane seeds, fertilizers, farm inputs and post-harvest equipment. READ MORE
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