# SA Canegrowers welcomes the proposed draft regulations from the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition that could help protect over a million livelihoods. The new regulations would allow retailers and food producers to negotiate directly with sugarcane growers to prioritise buying South African sugar instead of imports. The organisation’s vice-chairperson, Andrew Russell, says the government plan also aims to support new projects like making biofuels, helping local sugar growers have a better future:
SA Canegrowers welcome proposed exemptions to boost local sugar market [SOUND]
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