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 …
Lucknow: Mayawati’s sugarcane policy will be put to the test in these last phases of the polls the region where sugarcane is the major cash crop. Though many say Mayawati’s cane policy is better than that of previous governments, it may not reap results as corruption and anger against land …
Two dangerous diseases, named sugarcane white leaf (SCWL) and sugarcane grassy shoot (SCGS), were posing a threat to cane cultivation, according to the Sugar Cane Research Institute (SCRI). SCRI Chairman, S. K. C. Suduwella said that incidents of Grassy shoot disease had been found on some sugarcane cultivations in Sri …
South Africa plans to invest 2 billion rand ($258.5 million) to build an ethanol plant and help a nascent biofuels sector that could reduce the country's reliance on imported fuel, an industry player said on Monday. Africa's biggest economy imports about 60 percent of its crude oil needs and became …
In a decision that is likely to benefit rice farmers of West Bengal, an Empowered Group of Ministers headed by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday is learnt to have decided to allow foodgrain exports to Bangladesh through specified points across border. The decision is likely to benefit exporters by …
The government’s plan of ushering in a green revolution in eastern states doesn’t seem to have taken off in the country’s biggest paddy (de-husked) rice producing state of West Bengal. Till January 20, only 50 per cent of the total funds allocated for the state were released by the Centre. …
Pakistan is blessed with the best possible natural resources and weather, but agriculture production of the country is almost 40 percent less in comparison to neighbouring countries in the region. Production deficiencies are results of inefficiencies of research institutes and lack of government’s interest. These observations were made by the …
Price unchanged since 2002; 6.52 cr poor to be affected if price increased to . 17.5 a kg. The food ministry has proposed a 30% increase in the price of sugar sold in ration shops to reduce the food subsidy bill. This will raise the monthly bill of over 6.52 …
BERHAMPUR: Rows of sugarcane-laden trucks in front of Aska Cooperative Sugar Factory speak volumes of uncertainty over latter’s functioning. A molasses tank bursted last Sunday on the factory premises which led to the death of a woman and two children. With the remaining three tanks filled to the brim with …
RAJSHAHI : Prospect of sugar beet farming commercially in different parts of the country has been detected as bright and that can contribute a lot address the sugar deficit of the country to some extent. "We have been conducting research on sugar beet farming since last 2002 and assessed optimistic …
Inter-cropping with sugarcane has been found as more beneficial to the farmers as it can boost total crop production per unit area along with ensuring sustainable sugarcane cultivation with higher economic benefit compared to other crops. Quoting the field-level research findings and views of farmers, the sugarcane researchers and agriculturists …
The State government will extend the repayment period for crop loans taken by farmers from cooperative institutions by one year in taluks that have been declared drought-hit in the State, Cooperation Minister Lakshman Savadi said on Tuesday. Speaking to reporters in Bangalore, Savadi said the rescheduling of loans will be …
Karnal: The farmers suffering huge losses due to damage to sugarcane crop beause of the dreaded “white grub” disease can heave a sigh of relief as the scientists at the Sugarcane Breeding Centre, Karnal, have discovered a pesticide for effective control of the disease. The disease was rampant in several …
This analysis of the Government of India’s National Policy on Biofuels argues that while the policy of ethanol blending in petrol is in the right direction, it is fraught with several problems which are rendering the approach ineffective. The most critical ones are the lack of sugar cane for producing …
The Tamil Nadu Government has announced a State Advised Price of Rs 2,000 a tonne of sugarcane plus a transport cost of Rs 100 for the 2011-12 sugar season, according to an official press release. The Government will also take steps to enable the production of ethanol by distilleries attached …
The growing need for land for industrial and residential purposes has resulted in lands under agriculture shrinking by 10 to 15 per cent per annum in Coimbatore, Erode and Tirupur districts. Top officials in the Agriculture Department, pointing out to the statistics discussed by the State Planning Commission at its …
New Delhi The agriculture sector performed exceedingly well in 2011, with record grain production of over 240 million tonnes giving enough leeway for the government to lift a ban on exports of wheat and non-basmati rice and introduce the food security bill in Parliament. Farmers’ long-standing demand for crop loans …
Union agriculture minister Sharad Pawar on Monday made it clear that the state government will not play a role in deciding the price of sugarcane and the sugar factories will have to take a decision on the pricing of sugarcane. Pawar also said that if the factories quote a higher …
In the year 2008, the Government of India announced its National Policy on biofuels, mandating a phase-wise implementation of the programme of ethanol blending with petrol in various states. This study examines demand and supply aspects of the ethanol blending policy (EBP) of the Government of India. In the last …
CM asks farmers not to be wary of global summit The State Government will not dole out fertile farm land to investors at the upcoming Global Agribusiness and Food Processing Summit scheduled for December 1 and 2, Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda has said. “Let me assure the farmers …
When it comes to food exports from one of the world's biggest consumers, Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar often holds the trump card with his four decades of experience and pivotal position in the coalition government. This week, he's likely to push for at least 500,000 tonnes of sugar exports, ploughing …
