date:Nov 20, 2012
roduction hopes are proving a major factor in lifting world output to a record high of 177.6m tonnes in 2012-13, is set for a further gain in output next season, thanks to a massive rise in area allocated for cane replanting.
Some 10.6% of cane area in the Centre South area, which accounts for 90% of production, has been allocated this season for replanting, compared with 8.3% last season and above the average of 7.6%.
Furthermore, the rate of expansion of cane into fresh ground has risen too.