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Drought hurts Negros Occidental’s muscovado sugar industry

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Negros Occidental News

El Niño,Sugar Industry,Western Visayas

The dry weather conditions severely impact around 30,000 Negrosanons who are dependent on the muscovado sugar industry

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The dry spell has been hurting the 14 groups of agrarian reform beneficiaries from seven localities in the province belonging to the seven-year-old Fair Trade Producers Network . Guides said Negros Occidental, through FTPN, exports around 200 metric tons of muscovado sugar to Greece, France, Switzerland, Japan, and South Korea every year.

Guides said the present weather conditions severely impacted around 30,000 Negrosanons who are dependent on the muscovado sugar industry.

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