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The 1921 strike by sugar cane farmers was a spontaneous action led by Vashist Muni. Umbrella organisations were formed to present a united front in negotiating with the CSR and later the Fiji Sugar Corporation (FSC) (est. 1973). In 1959, the Federation of Cane Growers was formed, and in 1980 the Joint Committee of Cane Growers Associations was ...
Sugar cane grew wild in Fiji and was used as thatch by the Fijians for their houses (bures). The first attempt to make sugar in Fiji was on Wakaya Island in 1862 but this was a financial failure. With the cotton boom of the 1860s there was little incentive to plant a crop that required high capital outlay but after a slump in cotton prices in ...
Agriculture portal; Pages in category "Sugar cane grower associations in Fiji" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. This list ...
Fiji Sugar Corporation (FSC) is the government-owned sugar milling company in Fiji having monopoly on production of raw sugar in Fiji. It is also the largest public enterprise in the country employing nearly 3,000 people, while another 200,000 or more depend on it for their livelihood in rural sugar cane belts of Fiji.
In the period of contact, European settlers explored Sigatoka when they made it as part of Colonial Fiji. In the 1900s, sugarcane farming was expanded to Sigatoka from the Lautoka Sugar Mill. In modern times, Sigatoka thrives as an agricultural hub of Fiji, which elected its democratic government in 2001.
Many small sugar mills were established but these were mismanaged and unprofitable. During the period of low sugar prices in the 1890s, most of these mills closed, leaving only four mills in operation in Fiji at the turn of the century. CSR's first Mill in Fiji started crushing sugar cane in Nausori in 1882. Another mill was built at Viria and ...
Ba is a sugar cane growing district and sugar cane farming and employment in the Ba Sugar Mill are the main areas of employment. The Sugar Mill began crushing since 1886 by a New Zealand Sugar Company. (1).80 percent of the residents of Ba District are of Indian origin. The Ba District soccer team is the most successful soccer team in Fiji.
Agriculture portal; ... Sugar cane grower associations in Fiji (12 P) Pages in category "Sugar industry of Fiji" The following 28 pages are in this category, out of ...