tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4224288123582556844.post627690195704169860..comments2024-03-09T00:14:59.948-08:00Comments on Mortz Ortigoza: The Death of Filipino Sugar WorkersMortz Ortigozahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15159937158373217020noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4224288123582556844.post-48868957805975781142021-01-06T05:47:14.375-08:002021-01-06T05:47:14.375-08:00The Sugar Industry Development Act, endowed with a...The Sugar Industry Development Act, endowed with an allocation of P2 billion per year in the annual national budget, should be fully utilized. Under the current situation, only 25 percent of funds provided for the law’s implementation is being used. Why?<br /><br />There is a considerable amount of money that can be tapped to simultaneously improved cane yield to 80 tons per hectare or more and Mortz Ortigozahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15159937158373217020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4224288123582556844.post-19364608078410009212021-01-06T05:46:25.746-08:002021-01-06T05:46:25.746-08:00The people should immediately demand an increase i...The people should immediately demand an increase in cane yield.<br /><br />Majority, if not all, sugarcane growers want this but what is motivating them against increasing cane yield to stop importing from other countries?<br /><br />The answer would lead us to the second reason—low sugar recovery (sugar yield per ton of cane).<br /><br />Thailand has a sugar recovery of 2.1 bags per ton while Mortz Ortigozahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15159937158373217020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4224288123582556844.post-3264007970680135542021-01-06T05:46:16.068-08:002021-01-06T05:46:16.068-08:00January 6, 2021
At the height of exportation, 20 p...January 6, 2021<br />At the height of exportation, 20 percent of all Philippine agricultural products being shipped to other countries is sugar.<br /><br />But from being a sugar exporter, the Philippines is now a sugar importer.<br /><br />There are many reasons, or factors, that led to this negative development.<br /><br />First is the low cane yield which now averages less than 60 tons per Mortz Ortigozahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15159937158373217020noreply@blogger.com