Switzerland: Planning security for the sugar sector

The Commission on Economy and Royalties (CER-E) wants that the sugar sector continues to benefit from good general conditions even after the expiration of the temporary measures in favor of sugar production, in order to preserve the current rate self-supply of Swiss sugar (photo Pixabay). The commission examined two initiatives submitted respectively by the cantons of Thurgau (22,322) and Berne (23,302), announces a press release from Parliament published Tuesday October 18. Both aim to maintain Switzerland's sugar self-sufficiency rate at the level of recent years and to promote research projects for the ecological cultivation of sugar beets. The CER-E followed up on the two initiatives by 8 votes to 3 and 2 abstentions. It does not ...