Impact of COVID-19 on Indian Sugar Industry
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Solomon S
; Rao GP
; Swapna M
Sugar Tech
2020[]; 22
(4
): 547-551
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The Indian sugar industry, a significant player in the national economy, has
faced many challenges in the course of its journey. The threat posed by the
growing pandemic novel corona virus (COVID-19), has been the most recent one and
it is impacting sugar industry stakeholders and its integrated industries, not
only in India, but all over the world. The entire value chain of the Indian sugar
industry, viz., sugarcane, sugar, molasses, ethanol and their subsequent
marketing and export, has been adversely affected from the spillover impacts. The
major impacts of COVID-19 on Indian sugar industry are discussed.