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Sugarcane no longer a sweet option for farmers January 27, 2021, 11:57 AM IST 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 cultiva...