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Punjab : PAU introduces hybrid maize to boost crop diversification, reduce water use

Punjab Agricultural University has introduced PMH 17, a dual-purpose hybrid maize for grain, silage and ethanol use. The variety yields about 25...

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Fiji : Govt moves cut rice imports as oil prices rise

Fiji is intensifying efforts to reduce rice imports as rising global oil prices increase shipping, fertiliser and food import costs. Agriculture Minister...

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Australian wheat harvest to drop almost 50 per cent as farmers adapt to energy crisis

Australian farmers are cutting wheat plantings as Iran-war-driven fuel and fertiliser costs surge and dry weather persists. Wheat area may fall 20%,...

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Pakistan : PSMA pushes for sugar export approval, says surplus can earn $500 million

Pakistan’s sugar industry has requested government approval to export 0.76 million tonnes of surplus sugar, arguing that excess stocks are causing cash-flow...

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Bangladesh : Closed sugar mill costs Tk 24 lakh a month, revival uncertain

Bangladesh’s Shyampur Sugar Mill, closed since 2020, still costs Tk24 lakh monthly despite no production. Revival plans targeting 2027-28 face funding hurdles...

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Nitin Gadkari unveils ethanol-based stoves: Can it replace LPG stoves?

India is evaluating an ethanol-water stove technology promoted by Nitin Gadkari as a cheaper alternative to LPG. The initiative could lower cooking...

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Rajasthan: Farmers protest over wheat procurement demands, block railway track in Hanumangarh

Hundreds of farmers in Rajasthan’s Hanumangarh district protested, briefly blocking a railway track, demanding an extension of the wheat procurement deadline and...

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Sugar sector concerns will be addressed soon: Nitin Gadkari

Nitin Gadkari assured Maharashtra’s sugar industry that key concerns will be addressed soon. He urged mills to diversify into ethanol, Bio-CNG, organic...