KARACHI:The Sindh Sugarcane Control Board, Monday, decided to submit recommendations on commencement of the sugarcane crushing season and fixation of support price in the province.
The Sugarcane Control Board (SCB), in a meeting chaired by Sindh Minister for Agriculture Sardar Muhammad Bakhsh Mahar reviewed the matters relating to set indicative procurement price of sugarcane and a schedule for the annual sugarcane crushing season across Sindh’s sugar mills, said a statement issued here.
Board members including Sindh Assembly members Sohrab Sarki and Zia Abbas Shah, Secretary of Agriculture Muhammad Zaman Narejo and other relevant officials as well as Mahmood Nawaz Shah of the Sindh Abadgar Board, and Zahid Bhurgri, Nabi Bakhsh Sethio and Mumtaz Ali Shah of the Sindh Chamber of Agriculture attended the meeting.
The board discussed in detail the schedule and start date for commencement of the sugarcane crushing season and the challenges faced by growers while members put forward various proposals regarding sugarcane crushing and the support price per maund.
The Sugarcane Control Board decided that the recommendations will be presented for approval at the next meeting of the Sindh Cabinet.
The agriculture minister, on the occasion, said that all recommendations submitted by the Board members would be placed before the Sindh Cabinet, which will then make the final decision regarding sugarcane crushing and the per maund support price.