ZIMBABWE’S sugar exporters could benefit from an El Niño-induced squeeze on global supplies, which could push international prices higher despite indirect risks to local cane production. The country’s two major sugar producers, Hippo Valley Estates and Triangle Limited, operate large-scale estates and milling facilities in the Lowveld region of Chiredzi. According to investment analysts Inter…
‘El Niño could lift Zimbabwe sugar export earnings’
According to investment analysts Inter Horizons (IH) Securities’ Agriculture Sector Report 2026, the climatic risk to the 2026/27 sugar crop is “more muted” than for other agricultural commodities because sugarcane is fully irrigated.