Industries secretary Zakia Sultana has announced government incentives to encourage farmers to cultivate sugarcane, with initiatives in place to increase sugarcane prices. Sultana made these comments during a visit to demonstration fields of the Bangladesh Sugar and Food Industries Corporation (BSFIC), where she discussed quality and high yield sugarcane production with BSFIC chairman Md Arifur Rahman Apu and Golam Moin Uddin, chairman of British American Tobacco Bangladesh. The secretary also launched the sugarcane planting program for the 2022-23 season.