Philippines Senator Flags Lack of Progress in Sugar Sector Despite Funding

Philippines senator flags lack of progress in sugar sector despite funding

Bacolod City: Senator Joseph Victor Ejercito has expressed concern that the country’s sugar industry has failed to achieve self-sufficiency, seven years after the passage of the Sugarcane Industry Development Act (SIDA), despite an annual allocation of P2 billion. Speaking at the opening of the 30th Panaad sa Negros on April 13, the senator said the industry should have reduced its reliance on imports and improved domestic production by now, RPN…

Bacolod: Sen. Ejercito solicits feedback from sugar industry

BACOLOD CITY – Seven years after the passage of the Sugarcane Industry Development Act (SIDA), Senator Joseph Victor Ejercito expressed his dismay that the industry has not attained self-sufficiency, despite the annual earmarked budget of P2 billion. The sugarcane industry should been already self-sufficient, with less importation, and production, seven years after, said Ejercito, who was the guest of honor and speaker at the opening of 30th edi…