Saturday, January 31, 2015

Advantages of Sugarcane farming

 While we discuss about Sugarcane farming,there will always be questions like what are the benefits of Sugarcane farming?why should we go for it?.Finding answers to these questions will help us to know more about Sugarcane farming and generate more profit out of it.Here we are analysing the advantages of Sugarcane farming and what are the factors which make Sugarcane farming a profitable business.

Availability of Market

The end products like sugar,Jaggery have high demand in India and International market.So we are going to farm raw materials(cane) for this industry which got huge potential and market demand.

Climate

India got favourable climate and soil for Sugarcane farming in most of the areas.This makes Sugarcane farming one of the best choices for farmers in southern,North-west and North-East regions.

Valuable Bye-products

The bye-products of sugarcane farming is used for producing Bi-fuels like Ethanol and also used in Paper Industries.This makes Sugarcane a valuable crop to farm.This helps the farmers to earn more from the farming business.

Ratoon Farming

Once we start the Sugarcane farming,ratoon technique allows us to harvest two or three years continuously.This makes farming more easier and less job intensive.Even though we can do this for more years,after each harvest the productivity decreases.So it is not advisable after three years.

Infrastructure

Infrastructure requirement for Sugarcane farming is very less compared to other type of farming.Even though the infrastructure requirement for producing sugar and all may require some investment,there are plenty of Mills available in India.So for a medium farmer no need to worry about the initial investment as these mills are ready to buy the raw canes at any time.

Application of Precision farming

New technologies like Precision farming and Greenhouse farming is possible in sugarcane farming.This helps Farmers to do more water conservation,increase productivity and make the farming more cost effective and profitable.

Provision of combined farming

Sugarcane farming can be combined with other farming businesses like Dairy farming,Goat farming etc.The bye-products can be used for producing Organic manures.Thus we can integrate Sugarcane farming with other businesses and generate more income.

Opportunity for starting a small scale Industry

Sugarcane farming leaves an excellent opportunity for those farmers who want to grow as an entrepreneur.We can easily start a small scale industry in this sector with minimum investment.We will discuss more about it in coming posts.

 These are few reasons for selecting Sugarcane as one of the crop in our farm.It is always advisable that you do a feasibility study in your area and consult nearby government agencies like Krishibhavan before starting any type of farming.

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