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Give any two reasons why Maharashtra has emerged as an important sugarcane producing state.
Topic: Sugarcane cultivation
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(1) Its well-drained black soil is ideal for sugarcane. (2) Irrigation is well developed in its river valleys, assuring the crop a reliable water supply (and the tropical climate raises the sucrose content of the cane).
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