Co 0238 – AN EXTRAORDINARY SUGARCANE VARIETY BENEFITTED MILLIONS BY REAPING BILLIONS

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Not AvailableSugar production in India during 2017-18 season is expected to be all time record of about 32 million tonnes.Varieties play a major role (-70% contribution) in sugarcane production, productivity and sugar recovery. During the season, Co-varieties (evolved by the Institute) alone covered about 57.4% in tropical region and 59.9% in sub-tropical region of the total area under sugarcane in the country. Co 0238 and Co 86032 continued to be the predominant varieties with about 50.4% and 47.6% area coverage in sub-tropical and tropical regions, respectively. The wonder variety Co 0238 has reversed the trend of sugarcane and sugar production in the country with higher contribution of the sub-tropical region (58% and 56%) than the tropical region (42% and 44%) during 2016-17. The main factor responsible for this trend is adoption of Co 0238, which occupied 14.75 lakh ha or 50.4% of the cane area in subtropical states. The variety was recommended in Uttar Pradesh during 2012 and since then it has increased to over 12.08 Jakh hectares (52.6%) area during 2017-18. During the last five seasons, average cane yield and sugar recovery in Uttar Pradesh has increased to 79.2 t/ ha and 10.85% from 61.6 t/ha and 9.18%, respectively during 2012-13. For the first time in the history of sugar industry in sub-tropical India, ?.12% average sugar recovery by six sugar mills and ?.11 % average sugar recovery by 41 sugar mills in Uttar Pradesh were recorded during 2017-18 season.Not Availabl

Annual Report 2017-18

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Not AvailableParticipatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) is an effective tool to understand the technology adoption profile in a cropping system, to get first-hand information about their needs, resources available, identify location specific problems and researchable issues and ultimately to come up with tangible possible solutions drawn as an action plan. The present study was undertaken in Pullagoundanpudur village of Coimbatore district, Tamil Nadu state. The PRA tools used include transect walk, agro-ecological mapping, social mapping, time trend, seasonal calendar, gender analysis, time line, livelihood analysis, technology mapping, consequence diagram, problem – solving tree etc. The major constraints identified were market price fluctuation, water scarcity/ground water availability at high depth, erratic electricity supply, non-availability of labourers for agricultural activities, rhizome rot of turmeric, wilt in chilli and tomato, banana lodging and uneven maturity. Based on the problems identified, suitable solutions were arrived in consultation with subject matter experts and progressive farmers.Not Availabl

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Not AvailableThis annual report gives achievements of Sugarcane Breeding Institute during 2014-15.Not Availabl