Sindh sets Rs450 per 40kg sugarcane support price
- By Web Desk -
- Feb 21, 2023
KARACHI: The Sindh government has decided to fix the support price for sugarcane at Rs450 per 40 kilograms, ARY News reported on Tuesday
Adviser to the CM on Agriculture, Manzoor Wassan said the Sindh government has decided to fix rate of new sugarcane crop at Rs450 per 40kg.
The decision has been forwarded to the provincial cabinet for final approval.
The crops have been badly affected due to massive rains that triggered floods in Pakistan, especially in Sindh and Balochistan, last year.
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Sharjeel told that the agriculture minister has said that the majority of Sindh’s agricultural land is underwater. Farmers will have to work really hard to prepare the lands to cultivate the next crop, he added.