The activities related to production price control and allied matters of sugar cane/beet are discussed as under:

There are six (6) sugar mills located in NWFP as under:

S. No.	Name of Sugar Mills	Location
1.	Khazana Sugar Mills	Peshawar
2.	Saleem Sugar Mills	Charsadda
3.	Premier  Sugar Mills	Mardan
4.	Frontier  Sugar Mills	Takht Bhai
5.	Chashma Sugar Mills	D. I. Khan
6.	Bannu Sugar Mills	Serai Naurang

Peshawar and Mardan are known as bulk grower areas of Sugar crop i.e. Sugarcane and Sugar Beet. However, due to completion of Chashama Right Bank Canal the production of Sugarcane in D. I. Khan district has also increased considerably. The sugarcane crushing season usually starts in November and ends in March each year subject to availability of Sugarcane. Similarly, sugar beet slicing starts from mid may and goes up to the end of June each year. This however, depends on the availability of Sugar beet.

Sugarcane/Beet Prices

The price of sugarcane and sugar beet is discussed/ suggested in the sugarcane control board headed by the Cane Commissioner/Director Food NWFP. Based on the recommendations of the board, approval of the Provincial Government viz Chief Minister is obtained and notified by the Food Department.

Vigilance Committees

For the solution of local problems of Growers verses mills management, the Provincial Food Department has constituted Vigilance Committees headed by the District Nazim. These committees constituted in each Sugar Mills have been entrusted duties related to examining the weigh bridges of the sugar mills, checking of indents at the time of issue, transport arrangements and payment to growers in time etc.

Sugarcane Development Cess Fund

Cess Fund is collected by the Food Department from the Sugar Mills on fortnightly basis which is shared equally by the growers and Mills Management at the following ratio:

1. At the rate of -/50 paisa per Mund of the sugarcane or the sugar Beet as the case may be in the Peshawar and Mardan Districts.
   
   
2. At the rate of -/25 paisa per Mund of the sugarcane or the sugar Beet as the case may be in other districts of NWFP.