India’s agricultural sector faces a formidable challenge with a projected US$ 4 billion cut in exports. Recent trade restrictions on staples like wheat, rice, and sugar have rippled through the industry, causing a 9% decline in exports. From a 98% drop in wheat exports to extended bans on sugar, the...
India’s Ethanol Blending initiative aims to address multiple challenges like addressing the problem of food wastage and lowering India’s petrol import and carbon emissions. However, over-reliance on water-intensive crops like sugar to produce ethanol, overestimation of damaged grains, and underpreparedness of the industry could pose serious complications that need to...
Buoyed by government incentives, a shift to ethanol can bring stellar gains and more sustainability to the Indian sugar sector in 2021, especially as economies revive and crude prices surge. In 2018, the global market of sugar stood at 187.9 million tonnes. It is projected to reach 200 million tonnes...
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