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(SINDH - BRecorder Aug 2019 -


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)

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