PUL-I-KHUMRI (Pajhwok): Officials of the sugar factory in northern Baghlan province say the factory would be closed again due to the lack of sugar beet.
Meanwhile, farmers in Baghlan say they are ready to grow sugar beet, but the government purchases the plant in at a throw-away price which gives them no profit.
Ghulam Sakhi, head of the Baghlan sugar factory, said the lack of land and interest of farmers in growing the sugar beet were main reasons behind the factory’s collapse.
The factory director asked the government to . . .
