What are the problems being faced by the sugarcane farmers in india? How are these problems being tackled by the government? Discuss.
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Monoculture of sugarcane i.e. lack of crop rotation in some areas, leads to deletion of nutrients in soil and adversely affect cane productivity.
Post-harvest deterioration in cane quality on account of staling and delayed crushing contributes to low sugar recovery.
An irregularity in availability of water is other major issue in cultivation of sugarcane crop.
Inadequate availability of quality seed of new sugarcane varieties and poor seed replacement rate adversely affect the realization of potential cane yield of varieties.
The average yield of sugarcane is around 50 tons/hectare only which is much lesser when compared to other nations such as 70 tons/hectare in Brazil or 100 tons/hectare in Hawaii.
Further reduction in yield of sugarcane due
o rise in temperature.
The technology used by sugar mills is obsolete and old which make sugar mills economically unviable and due to this farmers benefit get affected.
This can be tackled by government by introducing:
1. New technology.
2. Awareness programme.
3. New irrigation facilities.
4. Crop rotation.