Then the county governments, agricultural research companies, farmers + all the relevant stakeholders should get to work instead of working on probabilities of which crops most favor the regions. And don't forget there has to be a market for the produce as well as finding alternative sources of income for all those who were maybe employed, or relied on provision of services to the sugar sector.
“You can get in way more trouble with a good idea than a bad idea, because you forget that the good idea has limits.” - Ben Graham