Moving beyond cane prices

Every year, as the sugarcane crushing season approaches, Pakistan finds itself trapped in the same debate. Farmers demand higher cane prices to offset rising production costs. Sugar mills argue that increased procurement prices make sugar commercially unviable. Governments intervene to broker settlements, while consumers brace for higher retail prices. By the end of the season, all of them have negotiated a price. Yet almost no one asks the most important question: why does Pakistan continue ...

By none@none.com (Dr Muhammad Mudassir Mansoor)