South Africa: High Costs and Cheap Imports Threaten Local Sugar Farmers
9 Apr 2026, 08:31 GMT
By newsdesk@scrolla.africa (Scrolla)
Topic: Agribusiness
Source URL: https://allafrica.com/stories/202604090130.html
[Scrolla] High fuel prices make fertiliser and diesel too expensive for thousands of small farmers in South Africa to grow crops. The South African sugar industry is losing money because heavily subsidised sugar from other countries is flooding the local market.