The growth and the performance of the sugar business is largely dependent on the availability of both quality and quantity key raw material, sugarcane, and cane development has a definitive role in improving both. Triveni has a dedicated team of cane development staff comprising of village level supervisors and officers who remain in direct contact with cane farmers assisting them in various aspects of cane cultivation.

With factories covering the length and breadth of the state, the sugar units have varying cane development priorities depending upon the local situation. Bringing new areas under cane cultivation is a priority activity in low cane intensity areas whereas in good cane intensity areas, the development team is striving for ideal varietal mix with focus on early and high sugared varieties. The cane development wings of the sugar units provide round-the-year support to cane farmers in keeping the crop healthy and disease free. Apart from insecticidal spray campaign on cane crop, the sugar units are popularising bio control measures against certain pests of sugarcane in collaboration with companies of repute in this field.

Apart from encouraging farmers to grow sugarcane, the company is working on two other important aspects of cultivation of any field crop –

• bringing down the cost of production and
• yield enhancement.

“Grow More with Less” is our motto for the cane development workers and the farmers. Yield enhancement has its own challenges in implementing the technology across the units keeping in view the high volumes in terms of acreage and number of farmers involved in low holdings. But the real development can only happen when the benefits reach from classes to masses. Triveni’s cane department is working on these lines with specific targets and an ambitious 5 year development plan.

Water availability is going to be a limiting factor in cane cultivation in coming years. Although, our sugar units are mostly situated in areas with good ground water table, we have proactively started working on improving water consumption in cane cultivation.

With our cane development initiatives we expect our sugar units to be self reliant for quality cane in the years to come.