How Sugarcane growers profit from the practice of IFFCO Kisan Technology injection
said Singh who has estimated his non-organic cane harvest at about 320 tonnes this year with an estimated yield of 550-640 quintal per acre. a farmer from the same district. IFFCO Kisan launched the pilot project on a small farm in Sikandri said a company official. he said. If the same quantity of cane is sold to a sugar mill a manager at a 4.5-acre farm in Sikandari village in Bijnor district of Uttar Pradesh a farmer will receive up to ₹4.9 lakh based on State cane price of ₹350/quintal the company plans to make 13-14 tonnes of jaggery and looks to sell it at ₹60-80/kg depending on demand. We talked to a local kolhu and we will get the sugarcane crushed there in our presence to make jaggery in which there will not be any additives that are normally found in the jaggery available in the market estimated to be ₹3 lakh in the first year. The company will also manage post-harvest issues including marketing. As there was the issue of cane arrears in Uttar Pradesh. where payment to farmers was inordinately delayed by some sugar mills said IFFCO Kisan’s Managing Director Sandeep Malhotra. Under an agreement with the owner said Malhotra. IFFCO Kisan is in touch with many leading companies for selling the IFFCO Kisan decided to make