| Area under sugarcane cultivation in hect. | Total No. of Cane Farmers | No of marginal Farmers with land holding of upto 2 Acre | No. of small cane farmers with land holding in the range of 2-5 Acre |
|---|---|---|---|
| 88022 | 223797 | 181429 | 42468 |
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The sugarcane species Saccharum traces its lineage to a specific genus, with modern sugarcane emerging from the hybridization of two species: Saccharum officinarum and Saccharum spontaneum. The first cultivated sugarcane variety, CO 205, resulted from the crossbreeding of these two species.
In 1904, the British government appointed botanist Charles Alfred Barber to Madras University to explore the potential of sugarcane cultivation. Later, in 1912, he and George Clarke established the Sugarcane Research Institute in Shahjahanpur, marking the beginning of systematic sugarcane research in India. The first sugarcane variety developed in Coimbatore was CO 205, followed by CO 213, CO 214, CO 313, and others. The Shahjahanpur Sugarcane Research Center later introduced new varieties using seeds sourced from Coimbatore.
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