Maharashtra’s new Sugarcane Price Control Board to meet this week

Farmers expect conflict over sugarcane prices to abate with the new board in place

Data on sugarcane in Maharashtra after floods shows why accurate assessment is critical

Centre hikes sugarcane fair and remunerative price amid farmers’ protest

FRP usually announced in June as sugar season starts from October; new price hikes by Rs 25 at Rs 340 per quintal

'The sugar sector is highly politicised'

Sandip Sukhtankar is associate professor, department of economics, University of Virginia, USA. He has authored a critically-acclaimed paper …

Centre hikes prices of ethanol to bail out sugar industry

The revised price will push more sugar mills to produce ethanol and increase their revenue

How ethanol tax in some states is affecting crisis-ridden sugarcane farmers

State taxes are affecting inter-state supply for ethanol, which could, otherwise, generate additional income for farmers

Sugarcane crisis: Govt focuses on technology fixes, but not on mounting dues to farmers

While sugar mills in Uttar Pradesh owe about Rs 12,500 crore to farmers, the government’s measures were directed mostly towards tackling …

Why are Punjab farmers unhappy despite loan waiver, cash in hand

The issue of farm distress needs to be taken up as a long-term project and should not be looked through the prism of small-term electoral gains

Sugarcane farmers’ suicides: national rights body urged to intervene

Unscientific pricing of sugarcane, harassment by money lenders and delay in receiving payments are plaguing cultivators

Unpaid dues to cane farmers over Rs 15,000 crore: Govt

Sugar prices had remained depressed, which had affected the liquidity of sugar mills, a govt reply said

Maharashtra finally sets up sugarcane board for regulating cane prices

Board will have the right to pay farmers a price over and above Fair and Remunerative Price (FRP) on cane decided by the Centre

Can sugar beet make sugar production in India sustainable

Growing sugarcane, especially in Maharashtra, is not sustainable any longer, because of severely depleted groundwater levels along the state’…

Sustainability increases if ethanol is made from sugarcane juice: Study

Sugarcane cultivation has benefitted from entrenched policies that incentivised production for decades