This remarkable achievement came to light during the announcement of the results of the 'state sugarcane competition' by the state's cane commissioner, Prabhu N Singh, on Tuesday.

 

Nagendra Singh, a cane grower hailing from the Hardoi district, emerged as the first prize winner, achieving a yield of plant sugarcane equivalent to 2758 quintals per hectare. According to the deputy cane commissioner, statistics, RN Yadav, the state’s average yield was recorded the previous year at 830 quintals per hectare.

 

The cane commissioner said that the competition was aimed at promoting healthy competition among the sugarcane growers towards increasing the productivity of the crop. "We had received a total of 432 applications for participation in a competition held for the year 2022–23," he said.

 

Sharing details of other winners, cane commissioner Singh said that Satya Narayan of Kushinagar district bagged the second prize for producing 2446.75 quintals of cane per hectare under the same category. Under the ratoon category, the first prize went to Jogendra Singh of Shamli district for achieving a yield of 1945.05 quintals, while Yogendra Singh of Bulandshahar district was second with 1970 quintals.

 

The first prize winner in the plant crop cultivation with drip irrigation category was Rohit Kumar of Muzaffarnagar district, who produced 1979 quintals of sugarcane per hectare. Shoba Ram of the same district came in second with 1475 quintals.

In the drip system’s ratoon cultivation, Kamal Kant Sharma of Bulandshahar claimed first prize with a productivity of 1754 quintals. Harveer Arya of Muzaffarnagar district came in second with 1640 quintals.

 

Under the new ‘young sugarcane farmer’ category, a lady farmer, Manpreet Kaur of Muzaffarnagar, bagged first prize for harvesting 1917 quintals of plant sugarcane per hectare, while Jogendra Singh of Shamli took second place with 1669 quintals.