why is the sugarcane production increasing in Maharashtra ?
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Farmers are finding the lure of growing sugarcane in Maharashtra irresistible. Thanks to the prosperity of farmers in western Maharashtra, the farmers in other parts of the state are shifting to sugarcane.
Favourable conditions not necessarily climatic but more political, financial and overall support, are making farmers shift. Increasingly land in Maharashtra is being diverted to sugarcane. This shift is significant in Solapur, Beed and Latur. Traditionally cane has been grown in western Maharashtra and accounts for more than 60% of the state's contribution to the sugar bowl. But now, cane is also been grown in areas that have historically known to be chronic drought prone areas and they are contributing 25% to the sugar production
The state's sugarcane production available for crushing in the current season is around 825 lakh tonne with around 160 cooperative and private sugar factories crushing cane. Around 20 new factories have come up this crushing season to expand the crushing capacity indicating growing appetite for cane.
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Farmers are finding the lure of growing sugarcane in Maharashtra irresistible. Thanks to the prosperity of farmers in western Maharashtra, the farmers in other parts of the state are shifting to sugarcane.
Favourable conditions not necessarily climatic but more political, financial and overall support, are making farmers shift. Increasingly land in Maharashtra is being diverted to sugarcane. This shift is significant in Solapur, Beed and Latur. Traditionally cane has been grown in western Maharashtra and accounts for more than 60% of the state's contribution to the sugar bowl. But now, cane is also been grown in areas that have historically known to be chronic drought prone areas and they are contributing 25% to the sugar production
The state's sugarcane production available for crushing in the current season is around 825 lakh tonne with around 160 cooperative and private sugar factories crushing cane. Around 20 new factories have come up this crushing season to expand the crushing capacity indicating growing appetite for cane.
Hope it helps u.....
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