INDIAN GEOGRAPHY

Detailed explanation-1: -Sugarcane is a major crop in many countries. It is one of the plants with the highest bioconversion efficiency. Sugarcane crop is able to efficiently fix solar energy, yielding some 55 tonnes of dry matter per hectare of land annually. After harvest, the crop produces sugar juice and bagasse, the fibrous dry matter.

Detailed explanation-2: -Sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum L.) is the main sources of sugar in India and holds a prominent position as a cash crop. India is the world’s largest consumer and the second largest producer of sugar, topped only by Brazil.

Detailed explanation-3: -Cash crops are the crops that are produced for their commercial value rather than for use by the person growing them. Most common examples of cash crops are coffee, sugarcane, tobacco, etc.

Detailed explanation-4: -Sugarcane is a giant tropical grass from the family Graminaceae, whose stalk has the particular capacity to store a crystallizable sugar, sucrose. Its main use is in industrial processing of the stalks to make rum.