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114EnglishIndia’s wheat acreage catches up with last year’s coverage
Led by higher acreage in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Madhya Pradesh, wheat acreage has gone past last year’s coverage for the first...
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110EnglishZimbabwe to distribute maize to 2.7 mln food insecure citizens
HARARE, Jan. 12 (Xinhua) — The Zimbabwean government will distribute 71,000 metric tons of maize to about 2.7 million people who are...
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152EnglishHope as Tanzania, Malawi set to end maize import ban
Dar es Salaam. Tanzania and Malawi have agreed to share report information describing the status of maize from individual countries before lifting...
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109EnglishUSDA Boosts Forecast For 2023-’24 Corn Use In Ethanol
The USDA increased its forecast for 2023-’24 corn use in ethanol in its latest World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates Report, released...
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144EnglishBan on sugar for ethanol: Centre files caveats in High Courts of Bombay and Karnataka fearing stay order
New Delhi: The central government has filed a caveat in the High Courts of Bombay and Karnataka, seeking to be heard before...
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115EnglishSweet story with bitter chapters
KOCHI: Though there’s something to appreciate in every culinary category, our taste palate has a special fondness for sweet things. For many,...
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119EnglishSugarcane-ethanol policy: Solution will be found after April, says Gadkari
Union transport minister Nitin Gadkari on Friday assured sugar mill owners that a solution to their problems owing to the government’s policy...
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119EnglishMakar Sankranti: Festive cheer bittersweet in Bengaluru with soaring sugarcane prices
Bengaluru: This year’s Makar Sankranti celebrations have taken a bitter turn as sugarcane prices are soaring in anticipation of the harvest festival....
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123EnglishFalling sugarcane output, juice yield push jaggery units to jeopardy in Karnataka
The drought in the state has been unsparing this year and there’s a spinoff effect on the jaggery-making units in the district. Jaggery...
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132EnglishBamboo plantation to be undertaken on 10,000 hectares in Maharashtra: CM Shinde
He also highlighted the significance of bamboo as a biomass source, generating ethanol and being approved for use in thermal power plants...
