This book tells about sugar, an essential agricultural commodity, including where and how sugar is produced and its importance in the global economy.

Includes index.

What is a global commodity? -- Sugar -- Where is sugar produced and where is it used? -- A history of sugar -- Growing and harvesting sugar -- Processing and refining sugar -- How sugar is traded -- Supply and demand -- Industry codes of practice -- Sugar as a sustainable commodity -- International politics and sugar -- Environmental issues and sugar -- Social issues and sugar -- The future.