Sugarcane yield rises in UP
Avg cane production reached 815 quintals per hectare in 2020-21 from 811 quintals
Uttar Pradesh has scored another high with the sugarcane cultivation. According to a government spokesman, the average cane production reached 815 quintal per hectare in 2020-21. In the last fiscal year, the average cane production was to the tune of 811 quintal per hectare. Shamli district in western Uttar Pradersh has topped the chart by producing over 1,004 quintal per hectare of sugarcane, followed by Muzaffarnagar which recorded 923.20 quintal per hectare. In fact, of the top 10 districts, nine are from the agriculturally rich western UP. The State has 45 cane producing zones.
Additional chief secretary (cane development) Sanjay Bhoosreddy said that the higher cane production was a result of crop cutting practice which was intensely used in the 2020-21 cane cultivation season.
He maintained that it was also because of the timely payment of cane price and associating farmers with the new cropping techniques which have led to an increase in the sugar cane production.
