While sowing data shows increased planting of sugarcane, the weather and global factors may play spoilsport for the Indian farmer, leaving consumers with higher prices
A sugarcane farmer is seen in a queue waiting to sell harvested sugarcane outside at Baghpat Cooperative Sugar Mills ltd, Baghpat, Uttar Pradaesh. Image: Pradeep Gaur/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images