La Réunion Island: Farmers’ income at the heart of the crisis in the cane-sugar-alcohol-energy sector
Temoignages (Réunion)
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Tuesday, September 3, 2024
For over 20 years, the industrialist who buys all the sugarcane harvested by farmers has paid a price that has not changed. Public subsidies from the French State and the European Union compensate for the rise in production costs, not the buyer. In these conditions, it’s hardly surprising that the area planted with sugar cane and the number of farmers are falling. The creation of new, more productive varieties should not obscure the essential point: farmers must make a decent living from their work by selling their produce at a fair price.
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