Abstract

Agriculture plays a vital role in the Indian economy. Over seventy percent of the rural households depend on agriculture. Agriculture is an important sector of Indian economy as it contributes about 17% to the total GDP and provides employment to over two third of the population. Agriculture derives its importance from the fact that it has vital supply and demand links with the manufacturing sector and is a source of employment generation for the rural population in India. Sugar industry is the second largest agro-based industry in the country. Uttar Pradesh is the largest State of India and is pre-dominant in agricultural crops and has faster endowment in sugarcane crop. Sugar industry in India has been focal point for socio-economic development in rural areas by mobilizing rural resources, generating employment and higher income etc. In the present paper, an attempt has been made to study the production trend and growth rate for Sugarcane by using three years moving average for area sown, productivity and production. It is observed that area sown has constantly increased from 2.05 M hectare in 1958-59 to 4.79 M hectare during 2018-19. The production has also increased from 74.11 M tones in 1958-59 to 380.34 in 2018-19. The growth rate has been highest at the level of 5.98 % per annum during 1958-59 to 1968-69 and lowest i.e. 0.67% during 1998-99 to 2008-09. The productivity level has been 36132.33 kg/ha during 1958-59 which has gone up to 79398.67 kg/ha during 2018-19. The productivity level has shown positive growth rates per annum during all the periods except 1998-99 to 2008-09. State-wise analysis has also been carried out for Sugarcane producing States and it is concluded that government may take appropriate measures to provide necessary infra-structure and technology, as these states have suitable Agro-climate condition for sugarcane.

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