Sweet and sour: Sugarcane farmers object over price set by mills - The Express Tribune - 0 views
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bumper crop this year but the government’s delay in setting a minimum selling price has soured their happiness
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rice at which sugarcane is sold to sugar mills is usually set by the government in consultation with the Kisan Board
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price floor is to protect the farmers’ interests as their costs are ever-increasing
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This article describes how every year the government places a price floor to ensure the farmers interest as prices increase. This article concerns the fact that the government has not yet set a minimum price for the purchase of the sugarcane. This leads to problems for the farmers, because the mills decide the price of the sugarcane without considering the cost of the farmers.