Tag: Maharashtra
JFPR grant to enhance market linkages for farmers in Maharashtra
JFPR has approved $2-million grant to provide key knowledge and technical support...
ISMA lowers sugar production estimate to 305 lt for 2021-22
After accounting for the reduction in sugar production due to the diversion of cane...
Targeting Rs 38,000 crore payments, UP sugar mills likely to start crushing this week
The cane crushing season 2021-22 is likely to start in UP this week. With a hike...
Agritech startup BharatAgri raises $6.5mn in Series A round from Omnivore, India Quotient and 021 Capital
Digital farm advisory startup BharatAgri has raised USD 6.5 million in a Series...
Welspun’s WelKrishi initiative unlocks sustainable farming opportunities for India’s cotton growers
Since 2017, the WelKrishi project has empowered over 15,000 farmers and 75,000 farm...
NCDEX partners with Arya for skill development sessions for FPOs
The National Commodity and Derivatives Exchange (NCDEX) has partnered with Arya...
Blending to push ethanol output by 35 per cent to 4.5 billion litres
The target of 10 per cent blending in fossil fuel is likely to push domestic ethanol...
Sugar sector contributes 8.45% to UP’s economy
The sugar and sugarcane sector, which sustains the livelihood of about 5 million...
NAFED launches high-yielding onion seeds variety
National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Ltd (NAFED), launched...
Pandemic fails to dampen India’s sugar consumption pattern
The pandemic-induced lockdown has failed to dampen the sugar consumption pattern...
UP sugar mills in huge arrears to sugarcane farmers: Kunwar Danish Ali
In a letter written to PM Narendra Modi, the Amroha MP Kunwar Danish Ali has highlighted...
Sugarcane farmers get 92.4 per cent payments in Maharashtra for the current season; only 62.29 per cent in UP
As per the data available, as of May 12, 2021, the UP sugar mills have made 62.29...
Sugar industry and cane farmers are developing a ‘mini-Brazil’ in India through ethanol revolution
The sugar industry and the sugarcane farmers together are flipping the script and...
Cane price arrears may jump very fast to uncomfortable levels
Low sugar prices, much below the cost of production for the last several months,...
302 lakh tonnes of sugar production estimated during current sugar season
The country is expected to produce 302 lakh tonnes of sugar during the 2020-21 sugar...
