Sugarcane Farming

Sugarcane emerges as likely culprit in drought-hit Marathwada; growing cultivation of cash crop depleted groundwater

Sugarcane requires 2,500mm of water and rainfall in Marathwada is between 500-700mm. The remaining 80 percent of water has been pumped out of groundwater for years now, causing a depletion of groundwater level so much that there is no water left to pump out, say experts

Sugar package: Most mills are bad in quality and some need to be rationalised, Abhijit Sen tells Firstpost

Sugar package announced by govt has invited criticism for going back on limited deregulation that has been attempted by the current and previous governments

Uttar Pradesh's sugarcane farmers crippled by debts, unproductive crop as mills fail to clear outstanding payments

Even today, sugarcane mills owe an outstanding payment of over Rs 13,367 crores to the farmers, but the government is ignorant to the woes of the farmers.