Sugar cane area expected to fall in India’s key producing states, industry body says


DUBAI, March 6 (Reuters) – Sugar cane planting in the western Indian state of Maharashtra and southern Karnataka is expected to fall for the 2024/25 season starting from Oct.1, a leading industry body said on Wednesday at a sugar conference in Dubai.
Rainfall during the June-September monsoon season would determine sugar production, said Mandava Prabhakar Rao, president of Indian Sugar & Bio-Energy Manufacturers Association (ISMA).
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