date:Feb 10, 2014
avit, a director at the Maharashtra Sugar Commissioner's office, told Reuters.
The western state of Maharashtra is the top producer in the country and accounts for nearly a third of the total production.
Per hectare cane yields are lower. We are conducting a survey to know the extent of the fall, said C. P. Patodia, chairman of the Uttar Pradesh Sugar Mills Association.
Cane yields were lower in Maharashtra due to scarcity of water following a drought in 2012, while in second-biggest sugar pr