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Kazakhstan revisits sugar tax idea to protect public health Tengrinews.kz - Kazakh authorities are considering introducing an excise tax on sugar-sweetened beverages in an effort to combat rising obesity

10 July 2025

Doctors will prepare the menu for Kazakhstani schoolchildren Tengrinews.kz - Vice Minister of Education Edil Ospan reported on changes in school meals.

06 February 2025

Sugar refinery to be built in Almaty Oblast A sugar factory with a capacity of 100 thousand tons per season will be built in Almaty Oblast.

24 September 2014

Despite rising demand, Brazil ethanol sector struggles Hobbled by rising production costs and low prices, Brazil's ethanol sector is in crisis, with many sugar mills closing despite rising demand.

01 December 2013

Soft drink giants failing to stop land grabs: Oxfam US soft drinks giants Coca-Cola and PepsiCo must make their sugar suppliers act to stop so-called land grabs in countries such as Brazil and Cambodia.

02 October 2013

Brazil to produce more sugar, less ethanol Brazil's sugarcane production will rise 6.5 percent this year but ethanol output will slump 5.22 percent as a greater focus is put on exporting sugar.

14 December 2012

Landless Cambodians see nothing sweet in EU sugar deal An EU scheme to boost trade with developing nations is fuelling land grabs in Cambodia, activists say, with thousands evicted from their property to make way for a booming sugar industry.

11 July 2012

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