Impact of Flood on Agronomics of Pakistan

A major issue pertains to sugarcane crushed is more or less the same but production of sugar decreased due to reduction in the recovery percentage. During the current period recovery percentage was 7.72 as against 8.34 % last year. The main cause of reduction in the recovery rate was the excess water due to devastating flood in the country and rain. As a result excessive water was absorbed by the sugarcane crop which reduced the sugar contents in the cane and increased in the weight of the same. Result in dual loss to the mills in the shape of more payments to the growers and less recovery. This will result in higher sugarcane production and better returns to the growers without increasing support prices, improved capacity utilization by the mills, larger sugar production, reduction in cost of production per kilogram of sugar, more revenue for the government, stable prices for the consumers and better dividend to the shareholders of public limited companies. Another cause of reduction in recovery rate was the excess water due to devastating flood in the country and rain.