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)