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US – Engineered sugar cane and cancer treatment
“… a Texas A&M molecular biologist offers hope (to the oversupply of sugar in the United States). Erik Mirkov has genetically engineered sugar cane with a human gene to produce a human therapeutic protein. Such a protein could replace the need to farm cadavers for face-plumping collagen and provide a more affordable alternative to fermenting …
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Indonesia: Sugar Workers Forge Independent Federation
“We are one – one aim, one hope, one heart – towards unity”. These words (part of a new song written by the IUF Indonesia Office for the occasion) were sung in celebration by more than one hundred assembled delegates and observers to begin the truly historic inaugural convention of the Federation of Independent Tobacco, …
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Sugar in Free Trade Negotiations
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South Africa: Illovo Sugar Sells Umfolozi mill
Continuing its “strategic realignment” of assets, Illovo Sugar announced on 11 February that it had completed the sale of Umfolozi mill to Umovti Transport, a Black economic empowerment company.
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Uganda – Kakira Sugar Works Lays Off 142 Workers
Kakira Sugar Works Ltd (KSW) laid-off its entire security department of 142 people, said a report by The Monitor of Kampala posted on the Internet on 4 February.
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