India: Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh neck and neck in race for top sugar producer tag

Published 2021년 4월 13일

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Maharashtra has surpassed Uttar Pradesh as the leading sugar producer in India, producing over 100 lakh tonnes by the end of March, while UP's production reached 96 lakh tonnes. Both states are projected to produce around 105-107 lakh tonnes of sugar by the end of the season. The difference in production is due to UP's higher cane cultivation area, a more productive cane variety, and a decline in production due to red rot disease. In contrast, Maharashtra's increased production is attributed to higher productivity and the switching of grape farmers to sugar cane. The close race in sugar production is expected to continue in the next season.

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After a gap of nearly five years, Maharashtra has overtaken Uttar Pradesh (UP) in sugar production. The state crossed the 100 lakh tonne-mark by the end of March, as against UP’s 96 lakh tonne.Maharashtra is expected to produce 105-107 lakh tonne of sugar, while production in UP is expected to touch 105 lakh tonne at the end of the season.Industry watchers said the neck-and-neck race could continue for this season and the next as well.Prakash Naiknavare, MD, National Federation of Cooperative Sugar Factories, said UP had overtaken Maharashtra because of the Co-0238 cane variety. “This variety was introduced in 2012 and almost the entire sugar sector in UP, especially the private sector, picked it up. Therefore, UP produced more sugar than Maharashtra from 2016-17 till 2019-20,” he said.“This variety gave UP mills’ better tonnage and more recovery. Moreover, at almost 23 lakh hectares, UP has double the area under cane cultivation than the 10-11 lakh hectares in Maharashtra,” ...

Source: Financialexpress