ARTICLE 2 #agriculture

World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates was one of the most eagerly awaited reports of the year, and it lived up to its potential.

In Gujarat, the Centre agreed to buy 47,780 tonnes of urad, 4,415 tonnes of moong, 1.09 lakh tonnes of soyabean, and 12.62 lakh tonnes of groundnut.

The government of Guyana has received a proposal from an Indian investor to establish a small sugar factory at Skeldon, one of its sugar estates. This proposal is part of wider efforts to revitalize the sugar sector, including plans to restart cane planting and increasing production.

Brazil’s expansion of corn-based ethanol is altering the economics of sugar-cane processing: the cheaper corn-ethanol route is making sugar-cane ethanol less competitive, causing cane processors to shift more of their crop toward sugar rather than ethanol.