● Sustainable Sugarcane Initiative aims at cultivating sugarcane mainly by changing the way the inputs and methods are used.
● It majorly involves
◦ Less use of seeds
◦ Less user of water
◦ Optimum utilization of fertilizers and land ◦ It aims at reducing the input cost, Hence Statement 1 is Correct.
● Its basic premise is to obtain “more with less” in agriculture.
it brings down the cost up to 75%.
● It reduces plant mortality rate; helps in increasing the length and weight of cane.
● There is the scope of intercropping and the drip irrigation method can also be used . Hence Statement 2 and 4 are correct.
● However, SSI is a farmer-driven method; and its advantages are dependent on the efforts of the cultivator himself rather.