Adviser for enhancing competitiveness of local sugar
Monday, 3 December 2007
DINAJPUR, Dec 2 (BSS): Industries Adviser Geeti Ara Safiya Chowdhury suggested the state-owned sugar mills Saturday to increase output and cut production costs to survive the competition with imported sugar.
Every industry will have to survive through competition in the present age of free market economy, she said while speaking at the inaugural function of sugarcane crushing season 2007-'08 at Setabganj Sugar Mills in the district.
The adviser stressed the need for strengthening the marketing system to make local sugar available to the people, and said local sugar is not readily available to the consumers, though its demand is huge.
Geeti Ara urged the sugarcane farmers to come forward to keep the sugar mills operative.
She also called upon them to cultivate supplementary crops along with the sugarcane to be benefited economically.
The industries adviser listed a number of government steps for the welfare of the sugarcane farmers, including increasing sugarcane price, providing additional prices for more recovery and assistance for cultivating high-yielding variety of sugarcane.
Presided over by Setabganj Sugar Mills Managing Director M Mofakkharul Islam, the function was also addressed, among others, by Bangladesh Sugar and Food Industries Corporation (BSFIC) Chairman Kabir M Ashraf Alam, Dinajpur Deputy Commissioner ASM Saiful Hassan and Police Super M Mostafa Kamal.
Later, the adviser formally inaugurated the sugarcane-crushing season and went round different sections of the sugar mill.
Setabganj Sugar Mills has fixed a target of producing 9,688 tonnes of sugar by crushing 0.125 million tonnes of sugarcane in the current year.
Every industry will have to survive through competition in the present age of free market economy, she said while speaking at the inaugural function of sugarcane crushing season 2007-'08 at Setabganj Sugar Mills in the district.
The adviser stressed the need for strengthening the marketing system to make local sugar available to the people, and said local sugar is not readily available to the consumers, though its demand is huge.
Geeti Ara urged the sugarcane farmers to come forward to keep the sugar mills operative.
She also called upon them to cultivate supplementary crops along with the sugarcane to be benefited economically.
The industries adviser listed a number of government steps for the welfare of the sugarcane farmers, including increasing sugarcane price, providing additional prices for more recovery and assistance for cultivating high-yielding variety of sugarcane.
Presided over by Setabganj Sugar Mills Managing Director M Mofakkharul Islam, the function was also addressed, among others, by Bangladesh Sugar and Food Industries Corporation (BSFIC) Chairman Kabir M Ashraf Alam, Dinajpur Deputy Commissioner ASM Saiful Hassan and Police Super M Mostafa Kamal.
Later, the adviser formally inaugurated the sugarcane-crushing season and went round different sections of the sugar mill.
Setabganj Sugar Mills has fixed a target of producing 9,688 tonnes of sugar by crushing 0.125 million tonnes of sugarcane in the current year.