Publications Available at the Sugar Library

 


01. Primer on Philippine Sugar Tariffs

Provides update on matters relating to tariffs on sugar, what has been done by the industry, as well as the necessary steps that still need to be undertaken.

Published: June 2001

Price: PhP 20.00




02. Tariff Concessions on Sugar

An update of the 'Primer on Philippine Sugar Tariffs'.

Published: June 2002

Price: PhP 20.00

 




03. 101 Facts on Sugar

A pocket-sized informative material about sugar in the Philippines. Discusses sugar
in the Philippine economy, farming and milling sectors, sugar prices, SRA's role in
the sugar sector, domestic sugar production and demand, sugar benchmarks,
government policies on sugar, and sugar and health.

Published: July 2002

Price: PhP 100.00




04. Malinis na Tubo

A description of the knife-to-knife project (in comics format) to help farmers restore
productivity in the field, minimize waste and losses, and deliver more sugar in the bag.
Available in Tagalog & Visayan dialect.

Published: 1997

Price: PhP 20.00




05. Philippine Sugar Research and Development Study 1995

Provides bases for charting the strategies and focusing the activities of the Philsurin,
which the private sector envisioned to establish.

Published: March 1995

Price: PhP 160.00

 




06. Improving Productivity in Sugarcane Farming

A compilation of the most relevant information available and applicable to the Filipino
sugar farmer. A guidebook for extension workers and technicians, and a reference work for plantation managers and owners.

Published: 2000

Price: PhP 500.00




07. The Establishment of Sugar Mill Agro-Industrial Processing Centers

Proposes the establishment of Mill Agro-Industrial Processing Centers to support the attainment of government strategies of bringing about economic progress in all the regions of the country and generating employment in rural areas.

Published: October 1994

Price: PhP 20.00




08. GATT
(5 volumes)

a. GATT - What it is, what it does (Primer)
b. Implications of the GATT Agreement on Sugar
c. Sugar industry position paper on GATT
d. Sugar industry comments on agreement on subsidies and countervailing measures, and agreement on safeguards
e. Agreement of implementation of Article VI of GATT

Published: 1994

Price: PhP 200.00




09. AFTA
(5 volumes)

a. AFTA Reader volume I (Primer)
b. Is there still a chance to save the sugar industry against the adverse effects of AFTA?
c. Implications and impact of GATT and AFTA on the Philippine sugar industry
d. Sugar under threat from dumped subsidized imports endangering countryside development and agriculture

Published: 1994

Price: PhP 165.00




10. Cane Harvesting, Transport and Handling Study

Identifies cane handling problems in the Philippines and gives recommendations on how to minimize them. Emphasizes time reduction from the cutting of the cane to off-loading on to the cane carriers.

Published: August 1997

Price: PhP 250.00




11. A Philippine Model: Sugar Mill Environment and Pollution Abatement and Control Program

Enumerates major environmental problems in the sugar milling districts and the strategies on how to solve them.

Published: 1993

Price: PhP 100.00




12. A Study on the Domestic Study for Sugar

The study analyzes the patterns of domestic consumption of sugar according to household, industrial and institutional uses across regions; projects demand for sugar in year 2000 according to sectors; by type and by region, analyzes the marketing and distribution channels as well as the price structures by selected regions.

Published: February 1994

Price: PhP 165.00




13. A Study of Domestic Consumption of Sugar
(4 volumes: summary, households, dealers, institutions)

The results of the survey done by the Asia Research Organization on the "Study on the Domestic Market for Sugar".

Published: February 1994

Price: PhP 2,200.00