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Native Turmeric Grown With Sugarcane Sells For Rs 500 Per Kilo
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News18•05-10-2026, 20:00
Native Turmeric Grown With Sugarcane Sells For Rs 500 Per Kilo
- •Farmer Ankur Tyagi from Uttar Pradesh is successfully cultivating native organic turmeric as a companion crop alongside sugarcane.
- •By utilizing the five-foot empty space between sugarcane lines for turmeric farming, he maximizes land usage and yields two crops from a single field.
- •The cost of fertilizers and water is completely recovered from the turmeric harvest itself, turning the sugarcane revenue into net profit.
- •His pure organic turmeric is currently selling at Rs 500 per kg with high market demand across multiple districts.
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Ankur Tyagi plants sugarcane in lines spaced five feet apart and cultivates native organic turmeric in the empty space between them, maximizing land use and yielding two crops from a single field.
His organic turmeric sells for Rs 500 per kilogram, with high market demand coming from the Moradabad division as well as districts like Bijnor, Amroha, Hasanpur, Bareilly, Meerut, and Kanpur.
Alongside the organic turmeric and sugarcane crops, unadulterated co-products such as jaggery, unrefined sugar (shakkar), and vinegar are manufactured and sold.
