Sugarcane varieties should be rejuvenated to support farmers, says official

Rejuvenation of sugarcane varieties is important truthful that farmers get amended yields, said V. Venkata Rao, Director of Sugar and Cane Commissioner, Andhra Pradesh.

Speaking astatine a stakeholder store connected “Sugar Industry successful South India : Present Challenge and Future Roadmap”, helium said the existing varieties are prone to diseases and these request to beryllium rejuvenated. The trials should beryllium conducted astatine the fields of the farmers and effect multiplication should beryllium done astatine a faster pace. The farmers besides privation varieties that volition alteration them to harvest the harvest earlier Pongal.