Future Strategies

  • Developing high yielding sugarcane varieties with desirable traits for ethanol and fibre production
  • Developing technologies for sugarcane cultivation under complete mechanization
  • Developing technology for enhancing the water use efficiency and  Increasing the productivity of sugarcane under SSI
  • Developing suitable technology for managing the creeper weeds
  • Studying the effect of mechanization on soil health and developing suitable ways to reduce the soil compaction
  • Carbon sequestration studies to increase the soil organic carbon content for climate smart sugarcane production
  • Developing suitable techniques for pests and diseases free sugarcane cultivation.