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Uganda’s 2010 sugar
production rose slightly on a year earlier but fell short of forecasts,
hit by technical problems at the leading producer and poor rains, an
industry association said on Tuesday.

Richard Orr,
chairman of the Uganda Sugar Cane Technologists Association (USCTA),
said East Africa’s third-largest economy produced 292,051 tonnes of raw
sugar last year, 8.2 per cent below the projected 318,000 tonnes
forecast.

“The 4.3 per cent fall in production here was to do with adverse
weather conditions for part of the year and also a technical problem we
had with a new mill drive that was not installed correctly,” Mr. Orr,
who is also KSW’s general manager, said.