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Bijnor: Once-dominant 0238 sugarcane variety now reduced to 41% acreage due to disease - ChiniMandi

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Bijnor: In a significant shift, the once-dominant 0238 sugarcane variety, praised for boosting farmers’ incomes, is now grown on only 41% of total sugarcane acreage in Bijnor district, down from a peak of 97%. Farmers have increasingly turned to alternative varieties after the 0238 strain fell prey to a series of plant diseases, reported Live Hindustan. The 0238 variety, developed by Bakshi Ram and introduced in Uttar Pradesh in 2009, saw a mass…
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ChiniMandi broke the news in on Tuesday, June 24, 2025.
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