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Staggered Planting for Year-Round Cane Supply

Staggered planting of sugarcane - sowing successive setts over autumn (October-November), spring (February-March) and special-Adsali (Maharashtra, 18-month) windows - is recommended by ICAR-SBI Coimbatore and ICAR-IISR Lucknow to give mills a year-round cane supply, balance peak labour demand at planting and harvest, and stabilize sucrose recovery.

Key parameters

  • Windows: Autumn (Oct-Nov), Spring (Feb-Mar), Adsali (Jul-Aug, 18-month)
  • Purpose: year-round cane supply to mills; even labour spread; sucrose stability
  • Season Fit: early/mid/late Co varieties matched to planting window

Implementation and adoption

Each window favours different varieties (early CO 0238, mid-late Co 86032) and lengthens the crushing season to 5-6 months.

See also: Sugarcane Crop, Jaggery Making Bellam, Sugarcane Ratoon Crop, Sugarcane Mealy Bug, Sugarcane Whitefly, Bagasse Fuel.

References

  1. Sugarcane Production Technology - ICAR-SBI. https://sugarcane.icar.gov.in/index.php/en/varieties