Government urged to fix sugarcane support price at Rs 250/maund

Kisan Board Pakistan (KBP) on Sunday demanded the government to fix the minimum sugarcane support price at Rs 250 per maund to facilitate farmers. Kisan Board Pakistan (KBP) President Sardar Zafar Hussain said that this year sugarcane was being cultivated on a large area of 990,000 acre, which would produce 51.86 ton sugarcane.
He said that with the reduction of Rs 100 in per maund sugarcane prices, growers would face huge losses. He said the loss would further aggravate problems of the poor farmers.