This document discusses sugarcane crop policies in Sindh province. In 2006, Punjab government banned expanding sugar milling capacity to discourage sugarcane cultivation in cotton-growing regions of Bahawalpur and southern Punjab. However, distorted pricing still incentivized farmers to grow more sugarcane than cotton, even though mills could not process it outside specified months due to capacity restrictions. The article reflects on the effects these policies had on cotton crops.
This document discusses sugarcane crop policies in Sindh province. In 2006, Punjab government banned expanding sugar milling capacity to discourage sugarcane cultivation in cotton-growing regions of Bahawalpur and southern Punjab. However, distorted pricing still incentivized farmers to grow more sugarcane than cotton, even though mills could not process it outside specified months due to capacity restrictions. The article reflects on the effects these policies had on cotton crops.
This document discusses sugarcane crop policies in Sindh province. In 2006, Punjab government banned expanding sugar milling capacity to discourage sugarcane cultivation in cotton-growing regions of Bahawalpur and southern Punjab. However, distorted pricing still incentivized farmers to grow more sugarcane than cotton, even though mills could not process it outside specified months due to capacity restrictions. The article reflects on the effects these policies had on cotton crops.
This document discusses sugarcane crop policies in Sindh province. In 2006, Punjab government banned expanding sugar milling capacity to discourage sugarcane cultivation in cotton-growing regions of Bahawalpur and southern Punjab. However, distorted pricing still incentivized farmers to grow more sugarcane than cotton, even though mills could not process it outside specified months due to capacity restrictions. The article reflects on the effects these policies had on cotton crops.
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)