This is the first part of Chapter Agro Based Industry for ICSE Class 10 Geography .

1. Agro Based Industry
Part I
Sugar Industry In India – Distribution, Localization
factors , Products , Problems and Recent
Development

2. Agro Based Industry
• These industries use raw materials from agricultural farms.
• Produce mainly consumer goods
• Few important Agro based Industry are
Textile Industry – Cotton , Jute , Silk
Sugar Industry
Vegetable Oil Industry
Leather Industry

3. Sugar Industry – Development In India
• India has a long tradition of manufacturing gur and khandsari which
are commonly used in villages.
• Modern sugar industry were introduced only during the first decade of
the 20th century.
• It is the Second Largest Agro Based Industry In India.
• India is 2nd largest producer of sugar cane in world.

4. SUGAR CANE PRODUCING AREAS IN INDIA
PART OF
INDIA
STATE MAIN CENTRES OF
PRODUCTION
North India Uttar Pradesh Kanpur , Lucknow , Allahabad
Bihar Munger , Darbhanga ,
Punjab Phagwa , Dhuri
South India Maharashtra Nasik , Pune , Satara
Tamil Nadu Arcot , Madurai , Tiruchirapali

5. Sugar Cane
Growing Areas
In India

7. Maharashtra – Largest Sugar Cane producing State
• Main centres – Ahmednagar , Pune ,
Satara and Solapur
• Ahmednagar district has highest
number of sugar factories in
Maharashtra.
• The main sugar cane growing extent
from Manmad in north to Kolhapur in
south.
• Has 119 sugar mills out of which 87
are under cooperative sector.

8. Sugar Lobby
• It a body responsible for large capital investment to ensure maximum
return. In Maharashtra .

9. Areas in Uttar Pradesh
Main Belts
Terai belt
Gorakhpur
Lakhimpur
Kheri
Ganga Yamuna
Doab
Muzaffarnagar Ghaziabad
Main Sugar Cane Producing Areas
Early it was the first largest producer of sugar cane
but now it ranks second due to following reasons
Smaller mills
Small scale cultivation , as many farmers gave up
growing sugarcane and now started growing food
crops like rice .
Fertilization not done scientifically.
Great distance between fields and factors
increases cost of production and transport.

10. Products From Sugar Industry
• Gur
• Khandsari – brown sugar

11. BY PRODUCTS
By
Product
Definition Uses
Molasses It is the dark coloured
syrup
•Making fertilizers , plastic
manufacture
•As a cattle feed
•Production of alcohol
Bagasse Rejected cane after
crushing sugar cane
•As fuel
•Paper and cardboard
manufacture
Pressmud •Wax extraction
•Manufacture of shoe
polish , carbon paper

12. Problems Faced By Farmers Growing Sugarcane In North India
Problems
Low yield due to
small scale
cultivation
Low sucrose
content which
tends to dry if
not crushed
within 24 hours.
Great distance
between the farms
and factories
increases the cost of
production and
transport,
Outmoded and
worn out
machinery used

13. Advantages That Cultivators Have In South India
Large and well planned holdings
Mills are close to plantations which decreases cost of transport, managed by
cooperative sectors.
Factories are near centre of large consumption which lowers cost of transport.
Fertilization is done using scientific means.
Longer crushing period .
Modern machinery used.

14. Problems Faced By Sugar Cane Industry
• More demand of gur and brown sugar in villages
• Low sucrose content in Indian sugarcane
• Low yield per hectare
• Short crushing period
• High cost of production

15. Recent Development – Coimbatore Cane
• Sugarcane Breeding Institute (SBI) is a central research institute in
Coimbatore, India produced a variety of sugar cane called as
Coimbatore cane by crossing a sugar cane plant with plant like jowar to
get better quality of cane.

16. Bibliography
• Frank Modern Certificate Geography , Part II , 2021 Edition
• Total Geography , ICSE 10 , 2021 Edition
• Google Images