Impact of COVID-19 on Indian Sugar Industry #MMPMID32837056
Solomon S; Rao GP; Swapna M
Sugar Tech 2020[]; 22 (4): 547-51 PMID32837056show ga
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.