Nagpur: Farmers in Gadchiroli, a district hit by Naxalism and yearly deluges, are finding maize as an option to tackle dry ...

Apart from a thrust on maize and other non-food biomass sources, differential ethanol fuel pricing and R&D push will help ...

The Indian government’s approval of 2.8 million tonnes of FCI rice for ethanol production raises concerns over its impact on ...

The food ministry has allocated an additional 2.8 million tonnes of rice from central reserves at a subsidized rate of ...

But producing ethanol, which is made mainly from sugarcane and maize, requires land and water use that could have a larger climate impact than fossil fuel emissions. Meeting the blending target ...

Nagpur: Cotton and soybean growers in Vidarbha are facing a dilemma ahead of the upcoming sowing season. After receiving poor ...

The situation changed with maize also becoming a feedstock for making ethanol, a 99.9% pure alcohol that can be blended with petrol. Maize grains contain 68-72% starch and 1-3% of other carbohydrates ...

India plans to borrow from Brazil’s playbook to raise yields of soybean, maize and tomatoes. With demand for food and fuel surging, policymakers are betting that smarter farming—not just more ...

Never mind hormone-treated beef - the big threat is the 1.4 billion litres of tariff-free bioethanol that could come flowing in from the US ...

Price signals favouring maize and policies allowing FCI rice for ethanol have boosted grain-based capacity. However, even this faces limitations due to competing demands for maize and potential ...