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Case Report
Sugarcane and it’s impact of Indian
Climate Change
Nitesh Dogne
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Abstract
India is the world’s second largest producer of sugar afer Brazil with an average annual producton of 25.1
million tones, with about 5.1 million ha area under cane cultvaton and its processing for value added products
such as sugar, jaggery, bio-ethanol, paper, bio-fertlizer, power cogeneraton etc. has drawn awareness because
of its socio-economic impact and environmental concerns. Droughts have рlаguеd the еаrth for сеnturіеѕ.
Сlіmаtе сhаngе wіllѕіgnіfісаntlуаfесt the ѕuѕtаіnаbіlіtу of wаtеrѕuррlіеѕ in the сomіngdесаdеѕ. Аѕраrtѕ of the
country get drіеr, thеаmount of wаtеrаvаіlаblеаnd its quаlіtуwіlllіkеlуdесrеаѕе - іmрасtіngреoрlе’ѕhеаlthаnd
food ѕuррlіеѕ. Сhаngеѕіnрrесіріtаtіonаndwаtеrаvаіlаbіlіtусouldhаvеѕеrіouѕсonѕеquеnсеѕ for
сommеrсіаlаgrісulturе – сroрѕуіеldlеѕѕаnd food security sufers.Cultvaton of sugarcane in India dates
back to the Vedic period. The earliest menton of sugarcane cultvaton is found in Indian writngs of the
period 1400 to 1000 B.C. It is now widely accepted that India is the original home of Saccharum species.
Saccharumbarberi and Polynesian group of island especially New Guinea is the centre of origin of S.
ofcinarum. The Study shows how sugarcane impact the Indian climate change.
Keyword: Sugarcane, Climate, India, Management, Consumpton
Introducton
India is the second largest sugarcane producing country afer Brazil. Largest sugarcane producing state of India is Utar
Pradesh, which has 38.61% share in overall sugarcane producton as per 2013-14 fgures. The second and third largest
states are Maharashtra and Karnataka. Other main sugarcane producing states of India include Bihar, Assam, Haryana,
Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu is the second largest sugarcane producing country afer Brazil. Largest sugarcane
producing state of India is Utar Pradesh, which has 38.61% share in overall sugarcane producton as per 2013-14 fgures.
The second and third largest states are Maharashtra and Karnataka. Other main sugarcane producing states of India
include Bihar, Assam, Haryana, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu. In India, sugarcane is produced in both tropical
and subtropical regions. There are three distnct geographical regions in which sugarcane is produced. These are: Satluj-
Ganga plain from Punjab to Bihar containing 51% of the total area and 60% of the country’s total producton. The black
soil belt from Maharashtra to Tamil Nadu along the eastern slopes of the Western Ghats Coastal Andhra Pradesh and
Krishna river valley. We note here that sugarcane gets more or less ideal conditon for its growth in the tropical regions.
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Scholar, School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi, India.
E-mail Id: nitesh.arch@gmail.com
Orcid Id: htp://orcid.org/0000-0001-6903-8005
How to cite this artcle: Dogne N. Sugarcane and its impact of Indian Climate Change. J Adv Res Civil Env Eng 2017; 4(3&4): 53-59.
E ISSN: 2393-8307 I P ISSN: 2394-7020