The South Indian Sugarcane & Sugar Technologists’ Association (SISSTA) has been extending its operations over the states of Tamil Nadu, Pondicherry, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka. Their activities have been stepped up in the course of time to help research and other scientific studies in connection with the Sugar Industry including cane cultivation, factory technology and allied disciplines such as distillery, power etc.

SISSTA’s contribution to spread knowledge has made the South Indian Sugar Industry most-modern and highly efficient contributing in a large measure to the increase in overall efficiencies which in turn has also helped the factories perform better during tough situations financially. The 49^th Annual Convention is proposed this year on 28^th and 29^th June 2019 at Hotels Feathers in Chennai where many well-known dignitaries from the Government and industry will be participating in the convention apart from scientists from research institutes. As it stands now, more than 600 delegates will be in a conglomeration of Technocrats and top Management personals as Delegates meeting and discussing various topics under Sugarcane, Sugar Engineering, By-Products and Management.

SISSTA’s Awards for the Best Performing Sugar Mills in Sugarcane, Co-Gen, Engineering and Distillery with separate Awards for Sugar Mills from Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu are to be presented. Also, Awards to the best Papers presented during 48^th Annual Convention at Belgavi on Sugarcane, Engineering, Process, By Product and Management will be presented. The Proceedings brought out in connection with the 49^th Annual Convention will be released. The Sugar Expo 2019, an exhibition of products and services will also be inaugurated.

A Joint Technical Paper Presentation is also going to be held where Manufacturers and Service Providers will also be participating. The Technical Sessions on Sugarcane, Process, By Product and are to be chaired by eminent personalities from the Sugar Industry.

In conversation with ChiniMandi.com Mr.M.Balaji – Vice President, SISSTA ,TN said, “We are looking forward to a spectacular show in the upcoming 49^th Annual Convention, the event will continue to bet on increasing the presence of organizations, exhibitors and delegates to enhance generating synergies, sharing knowledge, valuable networking and discussion. We have a line-up of exceptional and eminent speakers to present and put all the delegates up to date with the most innovative developments happening in the sugar industry.”

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The 77th Annual Convention & International Sugar Expo organised by The Sugar Technologists Association of India at Biswa Bangla Convention Centre, Kolkata commences today.

The 77th Annual Convention & International Sugar Expo organised by The Sugar Technologists Association of India at Biswa Bangla Convention Centre, Kolkata commences today.

The convention would leave no stone unturned in presenting opportunities of meeting, learning and interacting with the who’s who of the Sugar Fraternity. In conjunction with the Convention, an International Sugar Expo 2019 has also been arranged where the delegates will have an opportunity to meet and interact with nearly 80 service providers ranking from turn-key sugar plant manufacturers to small and medium enterprises who would be displaying their latest products, processes and services.

While addressing the gathering the President of STAI, Mr. Sanjay Awasthi expressed that, “At present the Indian Sugar Industry is in transformational stage with ample opportunities available for diversification towards green bio-based products and in particular bio-ethanol. Diversion of sugarcane juice to ethanol can be a long term solution to the industry woes and can pave the way for a profitable and sustainable industry taking care of all its stake holders – growers, sugar mills, technology providers and consumers.”

“The 3 days event will see in-depth deliberations and exchange of ideas among the researchers, technocrats, growers and policy makers to build road map for the inclusive growth and development of the sugar and allied industries,” he added.

Mr. Ranjit Puri – Chairman, Saraswati Sugar Mills, marks his presence as the Chief Guest of the event.

The inaugural ceremony has been graced by dignitaries like Hon. Shri. Kallappa Awade – Founder Chairman Jawahar SSSK Ltd, Mr.Prakash Naiknavare – MD National Federation of Cooperative Sugar Factories, Mr.Narendra Mohan – Director, National Sugar Institute, Mr. Sanjay Awasthi – President, STAI and many more veterans of the industry.

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Sugar Conference 2020 organised by Maharashtra State Co-operative Bank commences today at Westin Hotel Pune. The convention aims to encourage an open dialogue between policy makers and stakeholders from the Indian Sugar Industry for a better and sustainable tomorrow for the sector. The conference is a 3 day power packed event of sessions and panel discussions by stalwarts of the industry.

The inaugural ceremony has been graced by dignitaries like Shri.Vidyadhar Anaskar, Shri.Satish Soni, Shri.Shekhar Gaikwad, Shri.Sanjay Khatal, Shr.Sanjay Bhende, Shr.Ajit Deshmukh.

Several prominent companies like Spray Engineering Devices Ltd, Mega Engineering, S.S.Engineers, Manas & CIAN Agro Industries and Infrastructure, Excel Engineers and Consultants serving the sugar industry have marked their presence as exhibitors to this mega gathering.

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Like every year, this year too Bonsucro, an international non-profit multi-stakeholder organization established in 2008 to promote sustainable sugar cane production, is organizing an annual event – Bonsucro Global Week 2019 taking place at the Sukosol Hotel in Bangkok, Thailand. Bonsucro is holding a four-day event from 11th March to 14th March 2019. In recent years the event has been held in New Orleans, the Philippines, Brazil, the UK, and Nicaragua.

Here are the more than five reasons to attend the Bonsucro Global Week 2019

Opportunity to meet stalwarts of the industry

The annual flagship event typically attracts several hundred delegates from dozens of countries around the world. They are leaders driving social, environmental and business performances in their respective organizations and in the wider sugarcane sector. Attending this event will help you to meet and greet the vital stakeholders of the industry. Also, Bonsucro CEO Danielle Morley will take participants through the highlights of 2018 and look ahead to what’s in store for the coming year.

Understanding market uptake

This session will follow a presentation around the market uptake of physical Bonsucro certified products that have been steadily increasing over the past few years. It will look at how uptake can be increased further and invite discussions from the audience to see how business can support widespread performance improvement in the sugarcane industry through more sustainable sourcing programmes.

Presentation of the landmark study

Prominent speakers like Alex Bjork, Director, Private Sector Engagement, WWF-US, 2. Derric Pennington (TBC), University of Minnesota , 3. Ulrike Sapiro, Senior Director, Water Stewardship and Sustainable Agriculture, The Coca-Cola Company, 4. Claudia Asensio, Head of Sustainability and New Products, Grupo Pantaleon will present a landmark upcoming study.

Mill tour and presentation

Bonsucro will organize a mill visit to Dan Chang mill in Thailand’s beautiful countryside. You will be warmly received by one of Bonsucro’s leading members, Mitr Phol. Eyewitness how Bonsucro certification is achieved and how its standards are applied to their mills and farms.

Innovations in sustainable sugarcane

This session will present examples of how innovations in technology are helping producers to accelerate successful transitions into more modern ways of working to progress the sugarcane sector towards a more sustainable future.

Smallholders: Creating an inclusive supply chain

This session will look at ways to support smallholders on their journey towards sustainability and the necessary resources required.

Explaining importance of this year’s event happening in Thailand, Danielle Morley, Bonsucro CEO said, “Thailand, as one of the world’s biggest sugarcane producer and exporter of sugar, is an ideal place to explore the sustainability challenges and opportunities in the industry today – and as an exciting, vibrant destination in its own right we are certain that it will provide a superb welcome to all of the Bonsucro delegates and others who are participating in the event.”

Chinimandi.com is one of the media partners for an event. This event will also host the “Inspire Awards” function to recognize significant contributions towards achieving the Bonsucro mission: responsible sugarcane production creating lasting value for the people, communities, businesses, economies, and ecosystems in all cane growing origins.

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During the current Sugar Season with the production estimates continuously being revised upwards, and the prospects of the growing surplus, has caused the Govt., Sugar industry and all the stakeholders in the value chain to apply their minds to resolving the problem of plenty. The bumper production resulted in reducing global prices & weakening of domestic prices too. Sugar prices have dropped a whopping 18% – 20% since the beginning of the current crop in October 2017. Surplus production of sugar during the current sugar season had resulted in depressed sugar prices which have adversely affected the realization by the sugar mills from sale of sugar in the open market. Low realization from sale of sugar in the country during 2017-18 sugar season resulted in accumulation of cane price arrears. The domestic market has been facing a huge surplus. Sugar traders have been offering lower prices to reduce inventory. Even mills have reduced their offer prices on expectations of a further increase in their output. Sugar mills have been constantly under pressure to sell their inventory to clear cane dues.

In order to alleviate the glut of sugar, the Central government had directed the sugar mills to export up to 2 million MTs of sugar till September 2018 under the Minimum Indicative Export Quota (MIEQ) policy as was done during 2015-16 sugar season in order to channelize some sugar out of the country. However, not many mills in the country’s largest sugar producing state were enthused about exports. With the Global Prices of sugar at 2 ½ year lows, exports have not been viable. Whereas, the government seems to be in a wait-and-watch mode at least for the time being, under the assumption that prices will automatically firm up with the exports, negating the need for provision of incentives.

The glut has soft-impacted sugar mills’ profitability, even as operating costs shoot up thanks to multiple revisions of sugarcane support prices by the government. Sugarcane is a thirsty crop that sucks the water table dry and the need of the hour is to reduce its farming. No government, however, is ready to bite the bullet on this one. To check the continuous fall in prices of sugar and stabilize the sugar prices with a view to clear cane price arrears of farmers, the Government also took measures like fixing minimum selling price for sale of sugar at factory gate @ Rs 29 per kg; imposition of stock holding limits on sugar mills and creation of buffer stock of 30 LMT. Sugar stockpiles are poised for a record as slowing demand growth and surging production creates the worst-performing commodity of 2018. Consumers have become increasingly wary of the health impact of their sweet tooth, and companies from canned-fruit maker snack-food sellers are touting products made with less sugar.

While global consumption is still rising, the pace of growth has slowed to an average 1.4 per cent in recent seasons, down from 1.7 per cent over the past decade. That’s coming at a time when production is booming, especially in India, the world’s No. 2 producer.

Currently the neck of the sugar trade is strangled with several breath taking problems which has ultimately resulted stagnancy in the market. This would play a major role in making the upcoming crushing season turn bitter. The matter of fact remains that unless and until smooth channels in the global market are diversified for Indian Sugar Industry, the entire channel is likely to suffer in the same drowning boat.

The need of the hour is to congregate for explicit discussions to survive in the domestic & global market.Knowing that data is the key to decision making, but information alone isn’t informative: it can be interpreted in many ways and inform drastically different decisions. Various panel discussions, conclaves & conferences happen worldwide. Conferences are the tunnels to gain a better understanding of what’s happening in the industry, they also act as catalysts for change. Valuable discussions rising at conferences often lead to the brightest solution required. A conference happening in Delhi is one of its kinds welcoming all the stake holders of the sugar industry with global participation.

While talking to Mr.Kiran Wadhwana, he shared that 2018-19 marks a significant year for global sugar markets on the basis of trade structures/global import- export policies & government subsidies too. The ongoing variations in sugar consumption patterns are leading to a shake-up for the industry.

The highlights of the event are Export insights from India: The effect on neighboring nations, Forecast market movements despite the flux in prices – hear what the global trade has to say, How to make production costs a competitive driver when prices are tight, Differentiating you and adding value for institutional customers, The potential growth opportunities in ethanol for India and the rest of the world, Tracking the sun -examine weather forecasts and how the last few years have impacted yield and production volumes.

The Key speakers include;Jose Orive, Executive Director, ISO (International Sugar Organization), Danielle Morley, CEO, Bonsucro, Geraldine Kutas, Head of International Affairs, UNICA, Bertrand Bosc, Global Head of Sugar Engelhart Commodities Trading Partners , Kona Haque, Head of Group Research EDF & Man, Luca Meierhofer, Trading Manager, Louis Dreyfus Company, Yatin Wadhwana, Managing Director – Sucden India Pvt. Ltd, Vikram Tole, Head -Indian Subcontinent, Alvean India Private Limited and many others from the Sugar fraternity

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