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Domestic oil marketing companies (OMCs) on Wednesday floated a tender for procuring 124 crore litres of ethanol during the current ethanol supply year (ESY), which concludes in October this year.

If India is forced to import sugar due to low production and rising prices, it will be costly, as global sugar production this year is about 50 lakh tonnes short of demand.

Since the mid-1800s, human activities have rapidly facilitated the spread of rice yellow mottle virus (RYMV), a pathogen that infects rice, far and wide across Africa, according to a new study led by Eugénie Hébrard, at the Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD, France), published in the open-access journal PLOS Pathogens.

SUGAR ETHANOL BIOENERGY INT- The dual pressures of domestic oversupply and uncontrolled smuggling have stifled consumption, forcing prices down and directly squeezing profit margins for most industry players.

Sugar Ethanol Bioenergy Int- India is allocating record rice volumes for ethanol production as it struggles with unprecedented inventories that are likely to swell further with the arrival of the new season crop, a reversal from earlier shortages that led to export curbs. Turning more rice to ethanol is helping to reduce rice stocks in the world's biggest producer and exporter of the grain and keeping India's ambitious ethanol blending programme on track despite a drop in supplies of traditional feedstock sugar cane.

Sugar Ethanol Bioenergy Int- RIO DE JANEIRO, is leaning toward corn as the raw material for a renewed foray into ethanol, potentially sidelining sugarcane and beleaguered sugar producer Raizen, three Petrobras sources familiar with the matter said, citing preliminary evaluations

Sugar Ethanol Bioenergy Int- During the visit, PM Modi announced a initiative to support Fiji’s sugar sector, including the gifting of 12 agricultural drones and two mobile soil testing laboratories under India’s Grant-in-Aid Programme.

Sugar Ethanol Bioenergy Int- The Trading Corporation of Pakistan (TCP) has made an initial purchase of 30,000 tonnes of white sugar through an international tender seeking around 200,000 tonnes, according to European traders on Tuesday

Sugar Ethanol Bioenergy Int- Lucknow: The state government announced that it has increased efforts to protect sugarcane crops from flooding and disease. A government spokesperson said officials, including deputy sugarcane commissioners, district sugarcane officers, and sugar mill managers, have been instructed to visit the fields and stay in direct contact with farmers. They have also been directed to use drones for spraying medicines to save the crop.

Sugar Ethanol Bioenergy Int- Baghpat, Uttar Pradesh: Farmers in Rahatna village have expressed strong anger against sugar mills that have failed to clear outstanding cane payments. At a meeting held in the village, they decided not to supply sugarcane to mills that do not pay farmers on time, reports Live Hindustan.

Sugar Ethanol Bioenergy Int- Located in southern China, the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, leveraging its unique geographical location and climatic conditions, has become the country’s largest base for sugarcane cultivation and sugar production. The sugar output of Guangxi’s sugar industry has stably accounted for over 60% of China’s total sugar production, making it a cornerstone of the nation’s sugar industry.

Sugar Ethanol Bioenergy Int- Pakistan’s state-run Trading Corporation of Pakistan (TCP) has issued a fresh international tender to acquire 100,000 metric tons of white refined sugar, according to European traders on Thursday, reported Reuters.Bidders must submit their price offers by September 8.