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Sugar Cane Farmers Association urge appeal of court decision on regulations and appointment of independent marketing body for industry
22 Mar 2024 00:21 GMT
… hopes everyone will participate in Sugar Industry Commission of Inquiry; … remedy BSCFA’s concerns over Fairtrade premium payments. At a … to market Belize’s sugar. They further demanded that … speaks to compensation for sugarcane farmers for their produce …
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Prime Minister John Briceño appoints Commission of Inquiry to review Sugarcane Industry
20 Mar 2024 19:27 GMT
… determine the cost of sugarcane farming, harvesting and transporting … , as well as sugar manufacturing, operating, transportation and … following persons to the Sugar Industry Commission of Inquiry … and the payment of Fairtrade Premiums. The BSCFA and …
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Belize Sugar Cane Farmers Association at loggerheads with Prime Minister John Briceño for ‘outright capitulation to BSI’ after court rules against Sugar Import/Export Regulations
19 Mar 2024 03:58 GMT
… Association (PSCPA) and Corozal Sugar Cane Producers Association (CSCPA), … and the payment of Fairtrade Premiums. The BSCFA and … sugar cane and its aloofness regarding the payment of Fairtrade … Premiums for the sale of Fairtrade sugar by …
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SFU FairTrade is leading the charge for ethical campus consumption
11 Mar 2024 23:06 GMT
… through a set of FairTrade standards. The FairTrade standards guarantee fair wages … This certification signifies an active FairTrade Ambassador program for students, participation … coffee, chocolate, fruit, sugar, tea, etc., for a FairTrade-certified brand to …
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BSI partially succeeds in a claim to strike down 2023 Sugar Regulations amendments
10 Mar 2024 13:33 GMT
… require BSI to collect Fairtrade premiums for sugar sold to its buyers … has not benefited from Fairtrade premiums on the sugar sold from their … at market as Fairtrade sugar. BSCFA does not receive Fairtrade premiums because they …
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“Compromise can be reached for the greater good” says Prime Minister as sugar agreement is sealed
09 Jan 2024 06:56 GMT
… his telling both the Belize Sugar Cane Farmers Association (BSCFA) … and Belize Sugar Industries Limited/American Sugar Refining (BSI… monies to BSCFA if Fairtrade premiums are not obtained … of Inquiry into the Sugar Industry and an economic …
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Sugar is sweet again!!
07 Jan 2024 14:49 GMT
… BSCFA membership at the Sugar Industry Research and … three associations — the Progressive Sugar Cane Producers Association, the … Association, and the Northern Sugarcane Growers Association — released a … for the recovery of Fairtrade Premium. If the latter …
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Sugar Cane crop off to a full start!
06 Jan 2024 07:31 GMT
… forth between the Belize Sugar Cane Farmers Association and … American Sugar Refineries/ Belize Sugar Industries, it seems … BSCFA’s insisting that their Fairtrade premiums need to be … terms while also ensuring sugar cane farmers and their …
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B.S.C.F.A. Victorious in Sugar Impasse
06 Jan 2024 03:52 GMT
… , despite members of the Belize Sugar Cane Farmers Association accepting the … .S.I. and the Belize Sugar Cane Farmers Association, B.S … .C.F.A. get a Fairtrade premium payment this year and … that the issue of the Fairtrade premium payment will be put …
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Compromise Agreement Ends Standoff between Belize Sugar Cane Farmers and BSI/ASR
05 Jan 2024 12:15 GMT
… Ends Standoff between Belize Sugar Cane Farmers and BSI… of events, the Belize Sugar Cane Farmers Association (BSCFA) … and Belize Sugar Industries/American Sugar Refining (BSI… the process of restoring Fairtrade premiums to BSCFA. Additionally …