>> prices of raw materials, depressed international prices, excessive imports during the year 2000-2001, demand and supply factors and dual policy in fixation of cane price in Sindh and Punjab. There is lack of planning at governmental level that they even could not strike a balance between imports and exports. Problems of sugar industry in Pakistan News . Because the addition of 20 per cent alcohol to Brazil’s low octane petrol gives a 59 per cent increase in efficiency and for every litre of alcohol added there is a saving of 1.26 liters of petrol. For the last three years the sugar industry in Pakistan and specially in Sindh is facing an unprecedented crisis. In last four decades, per capita calorie intake in Pakistan has grown from 1750-2450(kilo) calories with an average annual growth rate of 0.9%. google_ad_width = 728; /ItalicAngle 0 >> THE opening of the Kartarpur Corridor last year, providing visa-free access to a revered gurdwara located on... 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The statistics shows that per capita consumption as well as overall calorie intake has been rising. Feed Back /Name /F2 The government should provide credit for this at discounted rates like it plans to do for the Textile sector. MALIK, K. B. When mill owners start exporting sugar then it became difficult to cater the needs of sugar at National level. Export potential exists and it should be pursued vigorously. News /ProcSet [/PDF /Text /ImageB /ImageC /ImageI ] That’s why most of farmers switch from sugar to other profitable crops. /Type /Page The industry report Sugar Market in Pakistan to 2019 - Market Size, Development, and Forecasts offers the most up-to-date market data on the actual market situation, and future outlook for sugar in Pakistan. Proper timing for cultivation is not being observed. Despite having this self sufficient production, Pakistan has to import sugar, which exposes it to the effects of shortage and rising prices in the world. Horticulture Consequently human resource management increases in importance even more. The price structure is that out of the sale price 35% of cost goes to farmers and 24% to the Government in taxes 21% to millers with 9 and 6% to whole seller and retailers respectively. This creates a liquidity problem for the mill owners. Sugar is the second largest Agro-industry in Pakistan. “The sweet obsessed Pakistani nation consumes sugar worth Rs 200 billion annually. OR should they embrace Technology? Growers are the persons who produce sugar in their fields and unfortunately our national sugarcane yield is hardly 46 tonnes per hectare,— lowest in the world. 1 0 obj /LastChar 255 The rising price spirals are the result of the govt’s inability to get a handle on things, Trump card: US military wary Pentagon shakeup could upend its apolitical nature, Red Zone Files: Warring in the political amphitheatre is refusing to let up, ICU beds full as Covid surges in Indian capital, weekend festival a worry. ICAP Agri Overview All Rights Reserved. This can only be done if the support prices are rationalized and also more sugarcane is also produced. A sugar factory has to deal with around 15,000 cane farmers/suppliers. At the time of independence in 1947, there were only two sugar factories in Pakistan. These mills provide job opportunities to more than 0.2 million people and pay more than Rs10 billion to the government annually in the form of taxes and cess funds. >> of Pakistan, Production and Yield of Sugarcane, Economic Survey of Pakistan 2008-09. Site Info >> /FontFile2 7 0 R | As the raw material is produced by growers, they should know that millers need sugarcane and not ‘cane’. Consumption trends in Pakistan show that Pakistani nation is obsessed for sugar. THE world breathed a collective sigh of relief early in the week as drug maker Pfizer announced a significant update... Security institutions must disengage from civilian affairs; therein lies the path of least controversy. Table 7.13 . 3 0 obj endobj In previous articles on the subject by me, I gave various reasons of this crisis which include higher cost of production due to higher
Ghazal singing is unique genre from South Asia, which beautifully marries Urdu Love Poetry with Classical music. Although we are facing acute shortage of water, no attention has been paid to the construction of dams. Currently, Pakistan is termed as amongst top 20 countries in terms of area under cultivation of the sugar cane crop, and production, however, this top ranking takes a nose dive, when actual yield is considered worldwide. 5 0 obj [The writer is a sugarcane breeder and is associated with the NWFP Agriculture University, Peshawar.]. Quality of sugar is lower than international standards, which is due to the use of low grade chemicals by the factories. 6 0 obj 8 billion due to the governments’ policy to import the product and also because it increased the support prices. |
such payment is not applicable in Punjab. All Rights Reserved. This tendency discourages sugarcane grower from growing sugarcane. It is the prime duty of farmers to provide the needed quantity of sugarcane to the respective Mill owner. Sugar Industry . (1998) Spread of unknown varieties-A warning to Punjab sugar industry, Pakistan Sugar Journal, Vol. | Keeping in view the importance of sugar industry, the Government setup a commission in 1957 to frame a scheme for the development of sugar industry. The production of 10.7 billion liters of alcohol has resulted in extra employment of 760000 people. Currently there are 81 sugar mills operating in Pakistan. Most of the meetings between growers, millers and the government remain unfruitful as everything is done on ad hoc basis. google_ad_height = 90; Crops asim.habib@khilji.net.pk | info@khilji.net.pk. Sugar Industry in India: Growth, Problems and Distribution! /Encoding /WinAnsiEncoding (1998) Spread of unknown varieties-A warning to Punjab sugar industry, Pakistan Sugar Journal, Vol. endobj as a raw material for Medium Density Fiber Board. Pakissan Panel,