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Tropical Sugar Beet DevelopedBASEL - Aug 28/07 - SNS -- Syngenta has developed a sugar beet for use in India which outperforms sugarcane on dry soils and can be used to make sugar or to produce ethanol. The company says, "Tropical sugar beet brings significant agronomic, environmental and output advantages to Indian farming and the Indian economy. The beet delivers similar output yields to sugar cane. . . . " The new sugar beet can be grown in relatively dry areas with substantially less water than typically required by sugar cane. It is faster growing and can be harvested after five months allowing farmers to grow a second crop on the same land, thus increasing agricultural output and raising farmer income. Two project are now underway: Subscribers can read the full text of the article by Clicking here
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