Sugarcane farmers caught in a maze of brotherhood of brokers

Sugar barons enjoy political proximity with all ruling parties and switch political loyalties just to stay in power

India’s sugar output increases in December despite low production in several states

Substantial increase in sugar production in Uttar Pradesh compensated production decline in Karnataka, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana

Sugarcane byproduct pressmud can be a sweet spot for India’s compressed biogas sector

The byproduct can help generate 460,000 tonnes of compressed biogas CBG valued at Rs 2,484 crore

That's rich!

Sugarcane cultivation and manure production can go hand in hand

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

Partial relief for agitating sugarcane farmers in south Maharashtra

Sugar factories in Sangli and Kolhapur offer Rs 200 more than the earlier price

Crop of debt

Surplus sugar production in the country has brought down sugar rates. As mills stop purchasing sugarcane, farmers are driven to suicide

India's ethanol equation

Ethanol blending in petrol is an effective way of increasing domestic petrol availability and for that, all-round efforts need to be made to …

Sweet residues

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Sweet cruelty

Sugar plantations were run by African slaves who were tortured, but they also revolted against their masters

Food for warmth

As winter sets in, people in north India turn to savoury dishes and sweets that can keep them warm. The market at this time is flooded with …

MTBE woes

Mexico takes ethanol route to get rid of MTBE

India’s water is being exported as agri-exports; is there a solution

It is critical for us to adopt the circular water management model of treating and rejuvenating wastewater at source, along with efficient water …

NDA trounces agrarian crisis to win rural areas

Despite the rural hinterland being in the throes of agrarian distress, the incumbent coalition has won handsomely in these very areas

Kisan Kranti Yatra: Another farmers’ protest goes awry

Around 30,000 farmers, who had been walking to the national capital for 10 days, were welcomed with lathis, water cannons and tear gas shells

Renewable energy and the fight over Guatemalan rivers

The movement to liberate rivers by dismantling unauthorised dams along rivers that flow into the Pacific Ocean seems at once …

Ethanol, other biofuels will see reduced demand in 10 years

Declining demand for transport fuel will lead to reduced demand for ethanol in the US and EU—main markets for ethanol

Sugarcane farmers' crisis: bumper harvest turns bane

Thanks to a high yield sugarcane variety, India witnessed bumper harvests in the last 3 seasons, but sugar prices have fallen and sugarcane …

Bitter sweet

Who should have the first right over sugar produced by Uttar Pradesh's sugar mills - the banks who loaned the mills or the farmers who supplied …

Centre launches dedicated website to contain Fall Armyworm

The next step should be to exempt anti-FAW equipment from GST, say experts

Tigers in the Terai’s sugarcane fields are developing into an ecotype of their own: Rahul Shukla

Down To Earth speaks to conservationist who has documented and written about tigers growing up and surviving in the Terai landscape of northern India

Fall Armyworm detected on sugarcane crops in Tamil Nadu

Worm found in four sugarcane fields in the districts of Erode and Karur

Was ethanol the reason for the ban on broken rice exports

A look at official data shows that the allocation of Food Corporation of India rice for ethanol was drastically increased in 2021-22, as compared …

Lighting up the fields: How electricity can help irrigation

Over the years, inaccurate estimations of electricity consumption have led to untargeted approaches being applied to optimise power sector