Raw sugar imports threaten local industry, Bukidnon planters warn

QUEZON, BUKIDNON, Philippines — Importing raw sugar to stabilize domestic market prices risks collapsing local production and depressing farm-gate prices nationwide, an industry leader here warned. Pablo Lorenzo III, president and chair emeritus of the Associated Bukidnon Sugarcane Farmers Inc. and Associated Bukidnon Sugarcane Farmers Multi-Purpose Cooperative (ABSFI-ABSMPC), strongly cautioned the government against raw sugar