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Canegrowers urge action on master plan for SAâs struggling sugar industry
By Given Majola
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JOHANNESBURG - THE SOUTH African Canegrowers Association yesterday urged President Cyril Ramaphosa to fast-track action to implement the elusive master plan for the struggling sugar industry.
The associationâs chairman Rex Talmage said that weak trade protection these past years had resulted in the influx of cheap sugar imports which had caused losses of over R2.2 billion for the industry.
Talmage said the implementation of the masterplan, signed in November 2020, could deal with existing threats to the R16bn industry, including cheap sugar imports and the Health Promotion Levy.
Disclosure statement
Rina Swart receives funding from Bloomberg Philantropies as part of a sub-agreement with the Global Food Research Programme at the University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill); the DSI/NRF Center of Excellence in Food Security; the DSI/NRF Center of Excellence in Human Development; the National Department of Health; the Cape Higher Education Consortium; and the IDRC (International Development Research Centre), Canada.
Rina Swart is a member of the Nutrition Society of South Africa, the Association for Dietetics in South Africa and the World Public Health Nutrition Association.
Makoma Bopape received a scholarship from the IDRC for her PhD. She is affiliated with Bloomberg Philantrophies as part of a sub-agreement with the Global Food Research Programme at the University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill) and the National Department of Health.