Today, India is the world’s largest producer of milk, pulses, and spices; the largest exporter of rice; and among the leading producers of ...

Maruti Suzuki has introduced India's first flex-fuel passenger car. This technology allows vehicles to run on petrol or petrol-ethanol blen...

Agriculture ministry has directed states to prepare district-wise crop strategies, and promote short-duration crops such as pulses, certain...

Farmers call the hike inadequate while industry warns of rising cane arrears

Farmers will receive a premium of ₹3.56 per quintal for every 0.1% increase in recovery above this level, with a corresponding reduction fo...

India is accelerating its move away from petrol and diesel, signaling a post-fossil fuel era for transport. Driven by economic, environment...

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav pledges swift 24-hour payments for sugarcane farmers if his party wins in 2027. He promises loan waive...

India is rapidly expanding its use of ethanol, a sugar-based fuel. This strategy aims to cut reliance on imported crude oil and boost farme...

India's sugar production for the 2025-26 season is now projected at 28.3 million tonnes. This revision comes after adverse weather conditio...

Sugar stocks surged up to 20% on Tuesday after the Supreme Court upheld the rollout of 20% ethanol-blended petrol and the government eased ...

Erratic and uneven rainfall this year has affected sugarcane and rice cultivation in the country, which means less will be available for th...

The state is staring at yet another year of record production, delay in crushing operations can become an administrative challenge with pol...

"Xylitol, a sugar alcohol derived from natural products, has potential anti-diabetic and anti-obesogenic effects, is a mild prebiotic and p...

“India believes that its measures are consistent with its obligations under the WTO agreements,” the ministry said

The state added 33% more area under sugarcane and expects to increase it further during 2021-22, while the central government has been stru...

Sugar, which is one of the most water intensive crops, is dependent on the scarce resource for cultivation. Simple innovations in the sugar...

With its prodigious farm exports and its major industry making ethanol from sugarcane, Brazil is seeking to show that in the food versus bi...