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In this paper, we study various key structural features of sugarcane production and sugar mills in Mexico. Regarding … sugarcane affects negatively the quality of this crop. With respect to sugar mills, we find that those mills that are able to … the production of sugarcane: (a) we document a U-shaped relationship between the size of sugarcane cultivation plots and …
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In this paper, we study various key structural features of sugarcane production and sugar mills in Mexico. Regarding … sugarcane affects negatively the quality of this crop. With respect to sugar mills, we find that those mills that are able to … the production of sugarcane: (a) we document a U-shaped relationship between the size of sugarcane cultivation plots and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010784786
In this paper, we study the relationship between the size of sugarcane cultivation plots in Mexico and their yield. We …
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Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) engaged in sugar processing in Myanmar appeared in the last decade of the socialist … era. An acute sugar deficit, restricted trade in white sugar, and high demand from the conventional dairy business led to … the growth of sugar SMEs by appropriate blending of semi-finished products (syrup) in the fields, which were then …
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of the region's integrated development agenda. This paper seeks to assess the regional competitiveness and opportunities … in the sugar to confectionery value chain in Zambia and South Africa. Agro-processing, specifically in the sugar to … develop a shared understanding of the challenges impeding the expansion of downstream industrial activity in the sugar …
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In March 2016, George Osborne announced a ‘sugar levy’ on soft drink companies to start in April 2018. Under this … policy, companies will be taxed on sales of medium and high sugar drinks (excluding fruit juice and milk-based drinks). As an … anti-obesity policy, the sugar levy seems arbitrary. Consumption of both sugar and sugary drinks has been falling for years …
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Taxing food and soft drinks in the name of obesity is not a new idea. Dozens of jurisdictions have experimented with such taxes over the years, allowing economists to study their impact. The results have consistently showed the following: demand for sugary drinks, snacks and fatty foods is...
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Sugar and cane prices in India are highly regulated, as a result free market prices in India are showing rising trend … with high volatility. There is a possibility of long run shortage of sugar in international markets due to diversion of … production and international price realities along with complete freeing of sugar prices. Further for better price discovery in …
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industry and competitiveness of Polish food producers. The study is an analysis based on statistical data. A complement of the …
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industry and competitiveness of Polish food producers. The study is an analysis based on statistical data. A complement of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010671524