{"id":109429,"date":"2022-06-03T13:23:57","date_gmt":"2022-06-03T07:53:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=109429"},"modified":"2022-06-03T13:23:58","modified_gmt":"2022-06-03T07:53:58","slug":"how-maharashtra-overtook-up-to-re-emerge-as-top-sugar-producer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/how-maharashtra-overtook-up-to-re-emerge-as-top-sugar-producer\/","title":{"rendered":"How Maharashtra overtook UP to re-emerge as top sugar producer: UPSC Daily Important Topic | 3 June 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\u25a0\u00a0 How Maharashtra overtook UP to re-emerge as top sugar producer-<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

\u2713After a five-year gap, Maharashtra has overtaken Uttar Pradesh (UP) to regain its position as India\u2019s top sugar producer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2713Maharashtra, expects the state\u2019s output for the 2021-22 crushing year (October-September) at 138 lakh tonnes (lt). That is an all-time-high, beating the previous 107.21 lt of 2018-19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u25cf Factors for record production:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2713The bountiful rainfall Maharashtra has been receiving since the 2019 southwest monsoon season (June-September).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2713Higher yields from farmers taking extra care of their crop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2713A huge jump in \u201cunregistered\u201d cane cultivation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u25cf Reasons for UP\u2019s sugar production declining:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2713Rise in diversion of sugar from cane crushed by mills for making ethanol<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2713UP has, in fact, become India\u2019s largest ethanol producer, while also achieving the highest blending-in-petrol ratio among all states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2713Crop loss from excess rains and water-logging in many low-lying cane-growing areas of eastern UP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2713About 87% of UP\u2019s cane area being planted under a single variety, Co-0238.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2713While that variety, developed by Bakshi Ram, helped significantly boost cane yields and sugar recovery in UP from 2013-14, it has become susceptible to red rot fungal disease.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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