Singh Priyanka, Singh S N, Tiwari Ajay K, Pathak Sanjeev Kumar, Singh Anil K, Srivastava Sangeeta, Mohan Narendra
U. P. Council of Sugarcane Research, Shahjahanpur, UP 242001 India.
2ICAR-Indian Institute of Sugarcane Research, Lucknow, 226002 India.
3 Biotech. 2019 Feb;9(2):48. doi: 10.1007/s13205-019-1568-0. Epub 2019 Jan 23.
The idea of doubling the farmers' income in next 5 years has been slated by the Government of India. The specific target of increasing sugarcane farmers' income could be achieved by developing cost-effective technologies, transferring them from laboratory to land, educating the farmers and creating a linkage between all stakeholders. Consistent efforts shall be required to harness all possible sources for increasing farmer's income in and outside the agriculture sector with respect to improvement in sugarcane and sugar productivity, enhancement in resource use efficiency and adopting various other ways and means including intercropping, management of pests and diseases, use of biotechnological tools and minimizing post-harvest deterioration. The advances in sugarcane biotechnology could become remarkable in the coming years, both in terms of improving productivity as well as increasing the value and utility of this crop substantially. In future, genetically modified sugarcane varieties with increased resistance to different biotic and abiotic stresses would serve more towards sugarcane crop improvement. Any possibility of enhancement in the income of sugarcane farmers shall also be dependent upon the profitability and sustainability of the sugar industry. Integration of sugarcane production technologies for improvement in farm productivity, diversified sugarcane production system, reduced cost of cultivation along with increased processing plant efficiency and diversification to produce value added products shall ensure smooth and higher payment to the farmers. Development of low-cost technologies to convert "waste to resource" on a smaller scale shall also help the farmers to increase their income further. This paper focuses on possible measures to be taken up in each aspects of sugarcane cultivation including biotechnological approaches to achieve the goal of enhancing the income of sugarcane farmers substantially, particularly in the sub-tropical region of India.
印度政府已制定了在未来5年内使农民收入翻番的目标。通过开发具有成本效益的技术、将其从实验室推广到田间、对农民进行培训并在所有利益相关者之间建立联系，有望实现提高甘蔗种植农民收入的具体目标。需要持续努力利用所有可能的资源，从提高甘蔗和食糖产量、提升资源利用效率以及采用包括间作、病虫害防治、利用生物技术工具和减少收获后损耗等各种方式方法入手，增加农业部门内外农民的收入。未来几年，甘蔗生物技术有望取得显著进展，这不仅体现在提高产量方面，还体现在大幅增加这种作物的价值和用途上。未来，对不同生物和非生物胁迫具有更强抗性的转基因甘蔗品种将更有助于甘蔗作物改良。甘蔗种植农民收入增加的任何可能性还将取决于制糖行业的盈利能力和可持续性。整合甘蔗生产技术以提高农场生产力、建立多样化的甘蔗生产系统、降低种植成本，同时提高加工厂效率并实现产品多样化以生产高附加值产品，将确保农民获得顺畅且更高的收入。开发低成本技术在较小规模上实现“变废为宝”，也将有助于农民进一步增加收入。本文重点探讨在甘蔗种植各个方面可能采取的措施，包括生物技术方法，以实现大幅提高甘蔗种植农民收入的目标，特别是在印度亚热带地区。
