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Additional Resources

  • UNCTAD Commodity Information on Sugar - The UNCTAD Infocomm Website provides wide range of information on agricultural commodities, including markets, companies, prices and relevant links.
  • World Sugar Research Organisation (WSRO) - The WSRO is an international scientific research organisation supported by the sugar industry globally. WSRO's objective is to monitor and communicate research on the role of sugar, and other carbohydrates, in nutrition and health.
  • International Sugar Organisation (ISO) - The ISO is the unique intergovernmental body devoted to improving conditions on the world's sugar market through Debate, Analysis, Special Studies, Transparent Statistics, Seminars, Conferences and Workshops. This also includes ethanol from sugar crops in the ISO ’s activities to promote the increasing role of biofuels in the future energy-mix worldwide.
  • Better Sugarcane Initiative Ltd. (BSI) - BSI is a global multi-stakeholder non-profit initiative dedicated to reducing the environmental and social impacts of sugar cane production. It aims to achieve this with a Standard that measures these impacts accurately, and with the development of a system to certify that sustainable practices are being adhered to.
  • International Society of Sugar Cane Technologists (ISSCT) - The ISSCT is an association of scientists, technologists, managers, institutions and companies/corporations concerned with the technical advancement of the cane sugar industry and its co-products.
  • sugaronline - Sugaronline is an independent online information and services company; providing news, reports, prices, analysis, brokerage, advertising and recruitment services for the whole of the Sugar, Ethanol and Biofuel industries. The site is constantly updated throughout the day.
  • Ethical Sugar - Ethical Sugar is a civil society organization which brings together trade unions, manufacturers and NGOs within a sustainable development process in order to improve the social and environmental conditions of the sugar and biofuel sector within the framework of a globalized economy.

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