International Journal of Agriculture Extension and Social Development

author(s)
Venketesa Palanichamy N and Vivek G

abstract
In India, sugarcane is an important cash crop for sugar and allied industries. Organic gives consumers the option of living a “healthy life” by delivering nutritious food. It guarantees that no hazardous persistent pesticides. Synthetic fertilizers or genetically modifies organisms (GMO) are used in production and cattle are not administered antibiotics or growth hormones. It could be concluded that one tonne of raw sugarcane averagely yields 105-110 kilograms of khandsari sugar. To get one tonnes of jaggery and khandsari sugar nearly 10 tonnes of raw sugarcane is requires. The net return for jaggery and khandsari sugar is producer is Rs. 12017.50 per tonne. Four marketing channel were observed in the study.