DOMESTIC sugarcane output could drop by up to 15 percent because of the droughts associated with the El Niño weather pattern, the Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) said on Tuesday.

"The problem during the extended dry season is the growing cultivating stage because not everybody has access to water," SRA Administrator Pablo Luis Azcona said.

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