State-run mills start crushing as sugar price jumps
State-run sugar mills have started crushing locally-grown sugarcane, aiming to produce 33,000 tonnes of sugar in the current fiscal year of 2023-24, said a top official.
Source: thedailystar.net
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State-run sugar mills have started crushing locally-grown sugarcane, aiming to produce 33,000 tonnes of sugar in the current fiscal year of 2023-24, said a top official.
Vegetable cultivation is gaining popularity in Pabna as growing profits have spurred local farmers to expand their activities over the past few years, according to the Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) in the district.
Six loss-making sugar mills owned by the state were shuttered in 2020 so that they may undergo modernisation and eventually become commercially viable once again.