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Farmers from seven states met Union agriculture minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and extended support to the ethanol policy<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

NEW DELHI: A group of farmers on Tuesday voiced support for ethanol during a meeting with Union agriculture minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan at Krishi Bhawan, amid general protests against the use of the E20 bio-fuel mix in vehicles, saying ethanol would increase farmers\u2019 income and secure the country\u2019s energy.Chouhan told them that the central govt\u2019s thinking was clear that the benefit of the ethanol programme should reach the entire chain from the field to the fuel tank, but the biggest share should go in the interest of the farmer.The farmers, under the banner of the Akhil Bharatiya Kisan Samanvay Samiti, told the minister that ethanol was a big opportunity for farming, provided its policy was farmer-centric and the right price of the crop reached the farmer directly.In India, sugarcane contributes to 30-35% of total ethanol production while the remaining 65-70% is derived from grains such as maize and rice.Farmers from Punjab, Haryana, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Telangana and Tamil Nadu were present at the meeting. They insisted that the real benefit of the ethanol programme should go to the farmer, not only to companies or middlemen.They said that with ethanol, farm produce would not remain limited to the mandis, but would reach petrol pumps and the energy market, creating a new and stronger market for farmers. They told the minister that if ethanol was made from sugarcane, maize, rice and other feedstock, farmers would get more buyers, and crop spoilage or storage problems would be reduced.Extending their full support for ethanol, they said it was necessary that whether it was maize or sugarcane, farmers should get proper prices for any crop. Farmer representatives said, \u201cWe want the ethanol policy to create a new path for farming, not a new worry for us. <\/p>\n

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