Has ethanol helped farmers or worsened the sugar shortage? Agriculture policy analyst Devinder Sharma speaks to ET Digital about ethanol diversion, fertiliser subsidies, legal MSP, natural farming, weak farm incomes, edible-oil imports and the risks that FTAs and subsidised US dairy products pose to India’s food sovereignty.

Has ethanol helped farmers or worsened the sugar shortage? Agriculture policy analyst Devinder Sharma speaks to ET Digital about ethanol diversion, fertiliser subsidies, legal…

Sharma warns that ethanol-led changes in cropping patterns may create an environmental problem over the longer term.