'Wrong Sugarcane Varieties'
Stakeholders raise concern over unapproved sugarcane varieties at mills, warn of low productivity
Monday 24 April 2023 | 16:10
The Master Award of the Sugar Industry Tribunal recommends cultivation of only approved sugarcane varieties.
Nineteen varieties are approved at present by the tribunal for cultivation in Fiji.
A training was conducted by the Sugar Research Institute of Fiji (SRIF) to help improve the Fijian sugar production.
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Input was received from Fiji Sugar Corporation (FSC) farm advisors, estate officers and assistants’ knowledge on the identification of varieties with the combination of important morphological characters.
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