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 …
Thirty five years of experience has taught one of the world's leading biofuels producers several essential lessons, which other countries should heed, says Marcia Moraes. http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v474/n7352_supp/full/474S025a.html
Jean Claude Gandur, a Swiss commodities trader, made a fortune during the 1990s buying oil concessions in Africa that others did not want or could not hold. Now a billionaire, he is poised to swim against the tide again with a major expansion into ethanol in Sierra Leone, the West …
Brazil's government unveiled new financing and other incentives for sugar cane ethanol production on Monday, vowing to work closely with the private sector to boost production in an industry that has struggled recently despite its immense promise. The state-run development bank BNDES announced that it would provide 30 billion to …
On the back of reports of a good summer rains and the on-time arrival of monsoon at the Kerala coast, expectations of a good crop has spurred farmers countrywide to sow more acreage especially under commercial crops such as sugarcane and cotton. Exports of both these crops, ironically, have been …
ERODE: An irrigation project taken up by a farmers' federation in Appakoodal in Erode district has become operational recently. The federation Pasumai Thayagam, which was formed by the members of three joint liability groups, implemented the project to ensure adequate supply of water to 55 acres of rainfed land. The …
Colombia plans to nearly double agricultural land growing crops for food and biofuel, part of a new investment boom in the country as violence ebbs from a decades-long internal conflict fueled by drug profits. The idea is to transform the vast eastern plains, dotted for years with illicit coca plantations, …
AHMEDABAD: Next time you happen to pass by a sugarcane field in Saurashtra or South Gujarat, watch out for the spotted big cats. Experts counting leopards in the 3-day census that ended on Wednesday found most leopards hiding in sugarcane fields. Although the beast managed to dodge them, enumerators who …
The law ministry has rejected the proposal of food ministry for direct manufacture of ethanol from sugarcane on a standalone basis and not only as a by-product of sugar by amending the Sugar Control Order under Section 3 of Essential Commodities Act. Backed by the view of attorney general, law …
AHMEDABAD: Sugar cane fields are the place to be if you are hunting for leopards. Foresters who are gearing up for the three-day leopard census starting from May 16 said that the sugar cane fields will be the main area of focus outside the protected forest areas. Leopards, they said, …
Washington: Sugarcane is not only a major source for producing a biofuel alternative to gasoline, but also helps in cooling the climate if cultivated in a massive scale, according to a new study. Scientists from the Carnegie Institution
LUCKNOW: In spite of increase in sugar cane area and substantial hike of Rs 40 per quintal in the state advised price (SAP) of sugar cane from Rs 170 to 210, this year, Uttar Pradesh runs short of its sugar production target this year. With cane crushing season almost drawing …
Following differences between the Sonia Gandhi headed NAC and the Rangarajan Committee, an empowered group of ministers (eGoM) on food is scheduled to meet on March 17 to decide on the feasibility of providing legal entitlement of cheaper foodgrain to the poor. The PM
The final report on the price of ethanol set by a committee of the Planning Commission has been signed with dissent notes from the ministries of food and oil and natural gas. "The report is qualified since most of our concerns were not being addressed and we will wait for …
Am empowered group of ministers (eGoM) on food is likely to meet on Monday to decide on permitting export of 5 lakh tonnes of sugar and slash minimum export price of onions, according to sources. In the last meeting, the eGoM headed by finance minister Pranab Mukherjee, had reviewed prices …
