After Brazil (22%), India (14%) is the largest sugar producer in the world and it leads in sugarcane production. However, if traditional sugars such as Khandsari (unrefined raw sugar) and Gurh (jaggery) and Shakkar sucrose) are included in the fold, then India would be the largest overall producer of sugar. Sugars Sugarcane Sugarcane, or sugar cane, is one (Saccharum officinarum) of the several species of tall perennial true grasses of the genus Saccharum, tribe Andropogoneae, native to the warm temperate to tropical regions of South Asia and Melanesia, and used for sugar production. Sugarcane from India According to the latest data, sugarcane is the world’s third most valuable crop after cereals and rice, and occupies 26,942,686 hectares of land across the globe. Farmers bringing sugarcane to sugar mills in Western UP History of Sugar Evidence from plant remnants and DNA suggests that sugarcane evolved in South East Asia. The extraction of sugar cane juice from ...