Mid-year report… Sugar output down 30%, rice falls 26%

Sugar and rice production plunged in the first half of the year, resulting in a reduction of production targets for the year.

According to the Ministry of Finance’s Mid-Year Report laid in the National Assembly on Monday, overall, the agriculture, fishing and forestry sectors contracted by 10 percent, in spite of growth in the livestock, other crops, and fishing subsectors.

Sugar production for the first half of 2016 was