See Full Document Text
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3753
TO BE ANSWERED ON 11th AUGUST, 2026
DISEASE RESISTANT SUGARCANE SEEDS
3753. Shri Rajeev Rai:
Will the Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare/ कृ(cid:874)ष एव ं (cid:873)कसान क(cid:227)याण मं(cid:287)ी
be pleased to state:
(a) whether the Government has assessed the continued cultivation of the red rot-
susceptible sugarcane variety Co.0238 in Uttar Pradesh despite repeated advisories
for its phased replacement, if so, the district-wise area still under the variety;
(b) the details of disease-resistant sugarcane seed supplied and the number of
farmers covered under the replacement programme during the last three years,
district-wise;
(c) whether the Government has assessed the reasons for the slow adoption of
recommended disease-resistant varieties, including shortages of quality seed,
extension support and farmer awareness, if so, the details thereof;
(d) the incidence of red rot disease since 2021, district-wise; and
(e) the outcome of the replacement programme in reducing crop losses and improving
productivity?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF STATE FOR AGRICULTURE & FARMERS WELFARE
कृ(cid:874)ष एव ं (cid:873)कसान क(cid:227)याण रा(cid:207)यम(cid:287)ं ी (SHRI RAMNATH THAKUR)
(a) : As per the information received from State Government, the area under Co 0238
variety of sugarcane in Uttar Pradesh declined from 86% in 2020–21 to 29% in 2025–
26, reflecting the phased replacement of this variety.
District wise area under Co 0238 variety and total area under Sugarcane in UP during
2025-26 is at Annexure I.
(b) : During last three years, the State Government has carried out production and
distribution of seeds of red rot disease resistant sugarcane varieties in a phased
manner through breeder, foundation and primary nurseries. District wise details of
disease resistant seed distributed by State Government in last three years is at
Annexure II.(c) : As informed by State Government, the pace of variety replacement was slow in
the initial phase due to the area under sugarcane variety Co 0238 being more than
86% of the total coverage and the relatively longer time required for the Seed
multiplication process of sugarcane seed. However, the pace of variety replacement
has now accelerated due to the availability of several new early maturing sugarcane
varieties such as CoS 19231, CoS 17451, CoS 18231, CoLk 16202, CoLk 15466, Co
15023 and mid and late maturing sugarcane varieties such as CoS 16233, CoS 15233,
CoLk 16470, CoLk 15206, CoLk 14204, CoLk 15207.
(d) : As per the data provided by State Government, the area affected by red rot
disease in sugarcane, district wise since 2021-22 is at Annexure III.
(e) : The State Government has informed that, as a result of the varietal replacement
programme, crop losses due to disease have reduced. The yield per hectare has gone
up from 81.34 MT in 2023-24 to 81.97 MT in 2025-26.Annexure -I
District wise area under Co 0238 variety and total area under Sugarcane in UP
during 2025-26 :
(Figures in Hectares)
Area under Co 0238
District Total Area under Sugarcane
variety
Saharanpur 55,391 1,19,406
Muzaffar Nagar 94,102 1,76,916
Shamli 50,083 79,057
Meerut 1,02,796 1,57,825
Gaziabad 16,144 23,786
Bulandsahar 52,721 82,333
Baghpat 67,693 85,738
Hapur 15,102 39,841
Aligarh 4,381 6,643
Mathura 2 300
Bijnor 1,14,993 2,55,484
Rampur 8,681 30,613
Muradabad 11,593 75,010
Amroha 45,175 1,00,474
Sambhal 19,017 43,882
Bareilly 11,234 1,01,321
Pilibhit 2,065 1,02,792
Shahjahanpur 7,629 1,00,815
Badaun 5,008 17,014
Kasganj 1,768 3,486
Farrukkhabad 3,113 7,788
Kanpur Nagar 2,934 5,066
Raibareli 551 2,797
Sitapur 42,810 2,22,628
Lakhimpur 24,896 3,55,223
Hardoi 27,852 68,476
Barabanki 585 9,721
Ayodhya 7,385 44,688
Sultanpur 748 8,622Jaunpur 286 2,453
Gazipur 140 4,210
Varanasi 19 2,349
Ambedkar nagar 1,405 19,853
83,633
Behraich 12,189
Area under Co 0238
District Total Area under Sugarcane
variety
Gonda 12,083 1,07,173
Balrampur 3,703 95,970
Basti 938 63,937
Siddharth nagar 1 387
Gorakhpur 4 2,723
Maharajganj 218 18,776
Kushi nagar 9,236 96,603
Deoria 2,199 13,985
Mau 23 8,537
Azamgarh 3 11,656
Balia 21 1,359
Total 8,38,920 28,61,349Annexure - II
District Wise details of disease resistant seed distributed by State
Government in last 3 years
(Figures in Quintals)
Sl.
District 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26
No.
1 Saharanpur 2,99,735.6 3,24,982.9 2,30,689.4
2 Muzaffar Nagar 2,96,940.5 7,31,612.2 3,82,851.1
3 Shamli 3,04,838.7 4,08,459.9 1,53,651.8
4 Meerut 1,64,179.9 2,16,388.2 1,54,958.7
5 Baghpat 76,230.4 1,30,516.6 1,21,703.3
6 Gaziabad 18,039.5 32,391.3 37,036.9
7 Hapur 66,181.9 75,415.4 66,800.2
8 Bulandsahar 92,661.6 1,08,319.5 98,853.9
9 Mathura 1,150.3 1,920.7 3,320.0
10 Aligarh 13,132.4 18,357.1 14,418.0
11 Muradabad 1,01,351.8 1,41,496.3 97,323.2
12 Rampur 61,090.4 99,345.0 60,863.1
13 Amroha 2,68,180.1 2,67,664.0 1,61,939.6
14 Bijnor 4,49,918.5 5,75,272.2 4,58,909.1
15 Sambhal 76,038.9 1,09,757.9 90,220.7
16 Bareilly 1,36,690.4 2,42,596.4 1,71,429.9
17 Badaun 51,427.2 95,886.0 53,308.3
18 Pilibhit 1,27,458.2 1,48,977.7 2,13,799.2
19 Shahjahanpur 85,895.6 1,21,336.5 79,306.3
20 Kasganj 23,532.5 43,749.0 27,228.1
21 Lakhimpur Khiri 5,79,430.9 9,72,551.6 1,473,721.3
22 Sitapur 2,21,172.5 3,15,128.7 4,34,982.0
23 Raibareli 10,700.9 11,060.7 10,961.0
24 Farrukkhabad 17,907.2 14,338.8 8,694.0
25 Hardoi 78,520.5 87,327.2 83,038.3
26 Kanpur 6,755.0 6,365.1 2,848.3
27 Ayodhya 51,355.2 1,02,892.1 91,664.5
28 Sultanpur 33,213.0 29,545.6 9,391.1
29 Barabanki 24,196.8 23,960.4 9,747.6
30 Jaunpur 16,935.2 14,001.1 9,478.0Sl.
District 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26
No.
31 Gazipur 14,860.8 11,813.1 9,004.5
32 Varanasi 6,871.2 5,904.9 4,330.4
33 Ambedkar Nagar 35,122.2 31,060.5 21,320.0
34 Gonda 1,06,918.7 1,41,180.2 1,49,086.8
35 Balrampur 1,68,229.5 3,44,907.8 1,66,326.0
36 Behraich 1,01,056.1 1,61,525.8 80,542.4
37 Gorakhpur 29,131.1 9,207.8 13,383.6
38 Basti 54,788.7 1,27,239.4 96,431.3
39 Maharajganj 35,620.9 34,643.9 26,939.0
40 Siddharth nagar 4,249.9 3,144.6 4,654.0
41 Kushi nagar 1,65,920.2 3,33,622.1 1,76,448.8
42 Deoria 19,749.1 25,219.4 21,362.2
43 Mau 19,508.1 22,509.9 18,861.6
44 Balia 7,527.2 8,355.9 4,145.0
45 Azamgarh 80,118.8 80,571.7 70,483.5
Total 46,04,533.8 68,12,522.8 56,76,455.9Annexure –III
District wise area affected (in Hectares) by red rot disease in sugarcane in Uttar
Pradesh during 2021-22 to 2025-26
S. District 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26
No.
1 Saharanpur 0.0 0.0 32.0 40.0 12.6
2 Muzaffar 0.0 2.5 88.8 39.6 1.8
Nagar
3 Shamli 0.0 0.0 21.1 11.0 0.1
4 Meerut 0.0 0.0 17.7 0.0 48.7
5 Baghpat 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
6 Gaziabad 0.0 2.7 0.0 0.0 0.0
7 Hapur 0.0 242.4 0.0 0.0 11.4
8 Bulandsahar 0.0 0.0 255.0 0.0 0.0
9 Mathura 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
10 Aligarh 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.0
11 Muradabad 7.0 0.0 5,752.0 2,613.2 842.1
12 Rampur 0.0 0.0 1,090.0 38.0 314.0
13 Amroha 0.0 0.0 1,440.0 959.0 392.0
14 Bijnor 5.6 75.8 4,396.0 3,826.6 3,116.9
15 Sambhal 1.7 13.0 298.7 115.8 1,198.0
16 Bareilly 423.5 380.9 1,505.3 450.3 0.3
17 Badaun 0.0 14.1 156.0 398.0 0.0
18 Pilibhit 405.3 127.3 1,170.0 98.5 9.0
19 Shahjahanpur 345.4 1,266.8 1,034.5 2,323.7 0.0
20 Kasganj 0.0 0.0 14.0 28.0 0.0
21 Lakhimpur 4,145.0 10,142.5 22,381.0 3,632.0 54.9
22 Sitapur 0.0 1,046.4 4,179.0 1,884.7 64.4
23 Raibareli 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
24 Farrukkhabad 0.0 0.0 0.0 80.0 0.0
25 Hardoi 0.0 3,312.0 14,751.0 10,633.4 256.5
26 Kanpur 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
27 Ayodhya 0.0 422.0 731.8 248.4 5.8
28 Sultanpur 0.0 55.0 18.6 1.1 0.0
29 Barabanki 0.0 48.3 102.8 3.2 5.6
30 Jaunpur 0.0 5.8 11.0 0.0 0.031 Gazipur 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
32 Varanasi 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
S. No. District 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26
33 Ambedkar 0.0 311.8 753.0 6.0 0.0
Nagar
34 Gonda 0.0 955.1 689.7 12.5 0.0
35 Balrampur 0.0 1,130.0 640.0 0.0 0.0
36 Behraich 102.0 120.4 120.0 0.0 0.0
37 Gorakhpur 0.0 15.3 0.0 0.0 0.0
38 Basti 0.0 485.1 242.2 0.0 15.7
39 Maharajganj 0.0 167.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
40 Siddharth nagar 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
41 Kushi nagar 0.0 6,839.0 32.0 0.0 19.9
42 Deoria 0.0 440.0 18.0 0.0 0.3
43 Mau 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
44 Balia 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
45 Azamgarh 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Total 5,435.4 27,621.5 61,941.4 27,443.1 6,372.1
*****