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Agri News : 17 percent high sugar production in Maharashtra
In the first two months of the 2015/16 marketing year that started on October 1, India's top sugar producing
state Maharashtra has churned out 1.22 million tonnes of sugar which is 17 per cent more than last year.
Many sugar mills in the state has started their operation earlier this year. This has reflected in sugar production of
state. A first back-to-back drought in nearly three decades has hit cane plantation in Maharashtra, raising concerns
over the production.
The world's second biggest sugar producer is expected to produce 26 to 27.5 million tonnes of the sweetener in the
current year, down from 28.3 million tonnes produced a year ago.