COIMBATORE: City-based ICAR-Sugarcane Breeding Institute (SBI) licensed seven of its technologies to two private firms on Tuesday.
The institute signed over licenses for six technologies, including soil moisture indicator, cane jam production from sugarcane juice, technology for production of cane dietary fibre food products, liquid jaggery, sugarcane de-trashing tool and sugarcane rind removing equipment to Nashik-based Celebrating Farmers Edge International and license for the motorized double-headed sugarcane single bud cutting machine to Singanallur-based Sri Balaji Industries.
SBI director Bakshmi Ram signed over the licenses to representatives of the firms. “Soil Moisture Indicator technology, which won the first prize in the National Water Awards-2021, has so far been licensed to 19 firms across the country, while liquid jaggery production technology has been licensed to seven firms in Kerala and Tamil Nadu,” said the director. “The sugarcane de-trashing tool is bein
Coimbatore: The area under sugarcane cultivation hasn’t improved in the district since 2017, when it had shrunk by 50% in the aftermath of the 2016 drought. Farmers cite water and labour shortage, high labour cost, and lack of sugar mills in the district as reasons for the status quo.
As per the data available with the agriculture department, sugarcane was cultivated on 792 hectares in the district in 2016. Following the drought that year, farmers had cultivated the crop only on 401 hectares in 2017. While the area under sugarcane cultivation saw ups and downs in the subsequent years, the same stood at 400 hectares last December.
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Coimbatore district has recorded a steady decline of its sweetest crop sugarcane. The sugarcane cultivation in the district hasn’t improved since 2017, when it had shrunk by 50% in the aftermath of the 2016 drought. Farmers cite water and labour shortage, high labour cost, and lack of sugar mills in the district as reasons for the status quo.
Agriculture department data shows sugarcane was cultivated on 792 hectares in the district in 2016. Following the drought that year, farmers had cultivated the crop only on 401 hectares in 2017. After some ups and downs, the same stood at 400 hectares last December.