New Delhi, Sept. 30 -- The Union Minister for Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, and Rural Development Minister, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, on Tuesday, announced the formation of a dedicated team within the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) focused on sugarcane research in India.

This announcement was made during a national discussion on the sugarcane economy, which was organised by Rural Voice and the National Federation of Cooperative Sugar Factories in collaboration with ICAR. According to Chouhan, this team will focus on the sugarcane policy of India.

During the discussion, Chouhan highlighted that sugarcane variety 238 has shown good sugar content but is vulnerable to red rot disease. Hence, the Union Minister emphasised the n...