Kalaburagi: Because of the lack of labor, sugar cane farmers in Kalaburagi Regency increasingly rely on the sugar cane harvesting machine than manual cutting.
Every year, workers will arrive from Maharashtra to cut sugar cane in Kalaburagi Regency, but this year there is a shortage of labor, forcing sugar cane farmers to rely on harvesting machines.
Cane is in the harvest stage, and farmers are worried that they will be late cutting and supplying them to the sugar factory.
Manual chopped will be delayed, and workers demand high wages.
Prashanth Kulley, a farmer in Kulali Village, told Ti that he had planted sugar cane in the land of four acres last year.
“Labor has come on behalf of the factory, but they demand money and other facilities every day, which I give.
If not, they will postpone work.
Now, Renuka Sugar Factory Administration in Afzalpur Taluk has sent a cutting machine to complete the job cutting and supplying the product to the factory as soon as possible.
sugar cane farmers will not cause losses as a result of cutting machines.
“Caption is neat and fast: farmers in Kalaburagi Regency increasingly choose sugar cutting machines for manual harvesting because the work is cost-effective, no mess, and save time