As climate change intensifies, it is imperative for policymakers to address the escalating loss and damage it inflicts on vulnerable communities in developing countries. In India's Maharashtra state, these impacts are forcing rural families into life-altering decisions and migrations to work in sugarcane fields, where exploitative practices by contractors, including …
Sugarcane plantations in the north of Australia ’s Queensland state may lose 50% of production potential after Tropical Cyclone Yasi cut through an area accounting for a third of output, according to a growers group. Farmers will begin assessing damage to the nation’s sugar crop today, Brisbane-based Canegrowers said today …
Introduction of sugarcane harvesters in Punjab may be the answer to the acute shortage of agricultural labour in the state. The Punjab government has decided to promote harvester use in a big way and has offered a subsidy of 25 per cent on the Rs 1-crore harvester. The sugarcane harvester …
Following the widespread acceptance of the System of Rice Intensification that revolutionised paddy cultivation, the Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK), Karur, has launched a programme to popularise Sustainable Sugarcane Initiative (SSI) in the district to assist cane growers in enhancing productivity at low water consumption levels. Sugarcane farming needs a lot …
Honey, I shrunk the food on your plate. That is what the government should be telling those who have got over the tears caused by too little onion in the basket. The tears have now given way to bitterness, as sugar price has begun its journey northward, slowly but surely. …
In a move to encourage more farmers in the state to take up sugarcane cultivation, the Haryana government has launched a technology mission on sugarcane, and sanctioned Rs 3.73 crore for the mission during the current fiscal. State agriculture department has framed the guidelines for the mission and it is …
FOOD minister Sharad Pawar has shot off a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh seeking his intervention on the contentious issue of pricing ethanol for the Centre's ambitious 5% blending programme (EBP), even though an expert panel headed by Plan panel member Saumitra Chaudhri recommended capping ethanol supply at around …
There is great demand for insights on how to structure agricultural investments in ways that leave land and share value with local farmers and communities. And in many parts of the world, there is growing experience with models for structuring agricultural investments other than large-scale land acquisitions. This publication captures …
Increase reflective of tightening of farm labour markets. Sugar mills in Maharashtra have agreed to a 23 per cent wage increase for cane harvesting labourers during the 2010-11 crushing season (October-September).
The basic purpose of this manual is to provide the users of data/information on Agricultural Prices and Marketing with a ready?to?use reference guide on methodological aspects of Agricultural Prices and Marketing that facilitate international comparison and help in aggregation of statistics needed to derive meaningful conclusions. Another purpose of this …
FARMERS in drought-hit districts will get diesel subsidy of 500 per hectare, even as the Centre awaits bumper crop production for most key kharif crops including paddy, cotton, pulses, and sugarcane. A good monsoon and prospects of a good kharif and rabi should have a sobering effect on food prices, …
On 16 August, the government gave the green signal to blend 5 per cent ethanol with petrol, even as it hiked the price of ethanol from Rs 21.50 to Rs 27 per litre. And while the Planning Commission is examining the issue of ethanol blending and pricing in detail before …
Maharashtra on Sunday banned the import of sugarcane from other states to tackle 30% surplus production of the crop. The decision was arrived at following a high-level meeting chaired by chief minister (CM) Ashok Chavan, which included deputy CM Chhagan Bhujbal, Nabard chairman Umesh Sarangi, cooperation minister Harshvardhan Patil and …
IT WAS a big win, at least for now, for the powerful Maharashtra sugar lobby when the three ministers from the state on the ethanol GoM clinched the contentious price of Rs 27/litre for ethanol at the CCEA on Monday. Under intense lobbying from ministers Vilasrao Deshmukh, Murli Deora and …
The Essential Commodities Act, 1955 was last amended in December, 2009 by the Essential Commodities (Amendment and Validation) Act, 2009 to remove the ambiguity as regards the factors that should be taken into consideration by the Central Government for the determination of the price of levy sugar and to validate …
The million-odd users of groundwater in Andhra Pradesh need a new form of regulation, everybody agrees. The system based on permits—under WALTA—only adds to the transaction cost of farmers. The fact is there is a desperation to dig and then dig deeper. There is no estimation how much the farmers—private …
PT Mohanan Pillai The Sugarcane Seed Farm in Pandalam, one of the 11 specialised farms under the Agriculture Department in the state, has become a model for excellent functioning and for its diversified seedlings needs for the farmers. Established in 1963, catering to the needs of the then Pandalam Mannam …
LUCKNOW: For long-term sustainability, the sugar industry in Uttar Pradesh must consider of diversifying its product line. In a day-long seminar conducted on the sugar sector by the Confederation of Indian Industry, this was the popular opinion voiced by industry members as well as UP's infrastructure and industrial development commissioner, …
Since sugarcane areas have increased rapidly in Brazil, the contribution of the sugarcane production, and, especially, of the sugarcane harvest system to the greenhouse gas emissions of the country is an issue of national concern. Here we analyze some data characterizing various activities of two sugarcane mills during the harvest …
