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Kenya is turning to sugarcane ethanol as part of a new strategy aimed at lowering fuel costs, boosting energy security and reviving the struggling sugar sector through lessons borrowed from Brazil’s successful biofuel industry. The policy shift was unveiled during the 68th International Sugar Organization Seminar in Diani, where Deputy President Kithure Kindiki and Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe outlined reforms that could redefine sugarcane from a food crop into a strategic energy resource. Speaking at the forum, Kindiki said the government plans to review the Sugar Act and existing regulations to formally integrate ethanol production into Kenya’s sugar industry framework. He added that the government would work closely with the Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA) to develop fuel blending regulations. The government’s renewed focus on ethanol follows growing interest in Brazil’s sugarcane economy, where ethanol production has helped stabilize fuel prices, ...

GUS reports that in 2025, consumption of some basic food products increased, including cheeses and curds as well as butter. At the same time, there was a clear decline in the consumption of sugar, as well as bread and poultry meat.

Raw sugar futures traded on ICE fell on Tuesday, 26, to the lowest level in almost three weeks. Raw sugar for July delivery fell 0.16 cent, or 1.1%, to 14.54 cents per pound, after reaching 14.44 cents per pound. Traders said weak demand and strong end of crops in Thailand and China led analysts to increase their estimates of the size of the global surplus in the 2025/26 season. Good crushing volumes at the start of the Brazilian harvest also pressured the market, according to them. Data from Brazil's Ministry of Agriculture showed that cane crushing in the Center-South was 39.4 million tons in the second half of April, with sugar production of 1.76 million tons. Analysts in a survey by S&P Global Energy expected a crushing of 36.3 ...