Visakhapatnam: Anakapalle district in north coastal Andhra Pradesh, once famously known as “Jaggery Town,” is witnessing a steady decline in its jaggery production, a key industry that has long sustained the region’s economy. The fall in sugarcane cultivation, combined with labour shortages, rising production costs, and shrinking profits, has pushed many farmers away from jaggery … Continue reading Andhra Pradesh: Anakapalle’s jaggery industry struggles as sugarcane cultivation declines