Snippets from the In Focus story on sugarcane farmers in Karnataka
Karnataka, the third largest sugarcane producer in India after Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra, cultivates sugarcane on approximately 4.75 lakh hectares. The state grows this cash crop across 16 districts, with Belagavi, Bagalkot, Vijayapura, Mandya, Mysore, Chamrajnagar, and Bidar being the major producers. Sugarcane farming is prevalent in 13 states nationwide.
Karnataka is the third largest sugarcane producing state in the country, after Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra. Most of the crop is grown in 13 states. Karnataka grows the cash crop on about 4.75 lakh hectares. Sugarcane is grown in 16 districts in Karnataka. Seven of them – Belagavi, Bagalkot, Vijayapura, Mandya, Mysore, Chamrajnagar and Bidar — are the major sugarcane producing districts.
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