India is set to report record sugar output in 2025

India is set to hit record sugar production in the next marketing year, which begins in October, after millions of farmers expanded sugarcane cultivation, encouraged by good harvests and falling prices for other crops. The recovery in production could enable the world’s second-largest sugar producer to resume exports in 2025/26, after two years of restrictions caused by lack of rain and reduced cane yields. The prospect of increased Indian production is expected to affect global prices, offering more sugar on the international market at a time when Brazil, the world’s largest producer, is struggling due to drought. According to Amar Chavan, a farmer in the Solapur region of Maharashtra state, good rains this year have provided better conditions for growing crops. “Last year, we were unable to plant sugarcane due to lack of irrigation water. This year, we have plenty of water, thanks to good rainfall,” he said. The region’s reservoirs, which rely on the Ujjani dam, are at 100% ...