Monsoon woes: Sugarcane shortage likely to dilute ethanol blending
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Pune: India’s ethanol blending programme is likely to face challenges next year as sugarcane and food grain availability is expected to decline due to the uneven spread of monsoon rains, according to experts.
Erratic and uneven rainfall this year has affected sugarcane and rice cultivation in the country, which means less will be available for the distilleries. State-run Food Corporation of India (FCI) has already stopped supply of rice for ethanol production owing to an expected shortfall of rice..
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