This document discusses sugarcane crop patterns in Sindh province of Pakistan. It notes that in 2006, the Punjab government banned expanding sugar milling capacity to discourage sugarcane cultivation in cotton-growing regions of Bahawalpur and southern Punjab. However, higher prices for sugarcane relative to cotton still led farmers to prefer sugarcane, even though mills lacked capacity to process excess sugarcane outside specified months due to the milling restrictions. The article reflects on how these policies have impacted cotton crop cultivation.
This document discusses sugarcane crop patterns in Sindh province of Pakistan. It notes that in 2006, the Punjab government banned expanding sugar milling capacity to discourage sugarcane cultivation in cotton-growing regions of Bahawalpur and southern Punjab. However, higher prices for sugarcane relative to cotton still led farmers to prefer sugarcane, even though mills lacked capacity to process excess sugarcane outside specified months due to the milling restrictions. The article reflects on how these policies have impacted cotton crop cultivation.
This document discusses sugarcane crop patterns in Sindh province of Pakistan. It notes that in 2006, the Punjab government banned expanding sugar milling capacity to discourage sugarcane cultivation in cotton-growing regions of Bahawalpur and southern Punjab. However, higher prices for sugarcane relative to cotton still led farmers to prefer sugarcane, even though mills lacked capacity to process excess sugarcane outside specified months due to the milling restrictions. The article reflects on how these policies have impacted cotton crop cultivation.
This document discusses sugarcane crop patterns in Sindh province of Pakistan. It notes that in 2006, the Punjab government banned expanding sugar milling capacity to discourage sugarcane cultivation in cotton-growing regions of Bahawalpur and southern Punjab. However, higher prices for sugarcane relative to cotton still led farmers to prefer sugarcane, even though mills lacked capacity to process excess sugarcane outside specified months due to the milling restrictions. The article reflects on how these policies have impacted cotton crop cultivation.
https://www.brecorder.com/2019/08/26/519714/sindh- sugarcane-crop-in-three-maps/) Recall that in 2006, Punjab government set up a ban on installation or enhancement of sugar milling capacity in that province to discourage cane cultivation in traditional cotton belt of Bahawalpur/southern Punjab. Yet, distorted indicative pricing mechanism meant that growers continued to prefer cane to cotton, except mills did not have the capacity to process it – considering that milling is only allowed in months specified by the government. (Article reflects policy effects on cotton crops)