The SA Sugarcane Association has, by way of Graeme Staibank, declared that 350,000 jobs are at stake if problems are not addressed.
Inconsistent rainfall, low sugar prices, little protection from cheap sugar imports and a fall in demand after the introduction of sugar taxation is one of the problems facing the industry.
The government has been warned two years ago that the industry is experiencing problems but farmers are increasingly experiencing the indifference of the government that does not want to understand the importance of the food producer.
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