The department focuses on:

• To provide support services to the Sugar Industry stakeholders in the analysis of soil, sugarcane, foliar, fertilizers and water samples.

• To provide fertilizer advisory services to farmers (rates, timing, application and type of fertilizers)

• Carrying out research to diagnose soil and plant nutrition constraints (pH, salinity/sodicity, critical levels of nutrients)

• Promoting good agricultural practices for sustainable soil health (organic matter).

• Development of efficient analytical test methods and research on the development of co-products of sugarcane. 

• Collaborating with other scientists (Agronomists, Agricultural engineers, Biologists, Entomologists, Mill Chemists and Engineers, Plant Breeders and Pathologists) to complement, extend, and accelerate progress in sugarcane research programs.