From the GeoSpatial Solutions web site : "A sugar shortage in the international market has pushed prices up and stimulated production in several countries. Information on areas where sugarcane is grown and its total production is always in high demand. Of the various advanced scientific methods, a remote sensing and GIS-based approach has been found to be a cost- and time-effective solution in India, providing near-real-time information for estimating acreage coupled with monitoring the health of crops". See this article for more details :
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