Sugar output in India may drop to a 3-year low next season on dry weather
Sugar output in India may drop to a 3-year low next season on dry weather Droughts are withering cane fields in parts of Maharashtra and Karnataka, and the monsoon is delayed, reducing prospects for the coming crop Current Affairs :-Sugar yield in India may drop to a three-year low next season from a record as dry climate shrinks stick plants in some significant developing zones of the nation. Generation in India, which competes with Brazil as the world’s top cultivator, may slide to 28 million to 29 million tons in the year that starts Oct. 1 from 33 million tons this year, said Prakash Naiknavare, overseeing chief of the National Federation of Cooperative Sugar Factories Ltd. Dry spells are shrinking stick fields in parts of Maharashtra and Karnataka, and the rainstorm is postponed, decreasing prospects for the coming yield. A lower reap would trim a record residential overflow, possibly reducing fares and supporting worldwide costs. India swings between being a sugar ...