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Japan Ran Out of Matcha. Assam Just Sold Its First Five Kilos.
August 23, 2026
Japan is in the first matcha shortage in its history. Tencha auction prices doubled in a year to ¥10,843 a kilo, and a 40-gram retail t...
Read the piece →₹71.86 a Litre: Why Maize Is India's Priciest Ethanol Feedstock, Even as This Season's Acreage Falls
August 21, 2026
Maize is now India's most expensive ethanol feedstock by government-set price — ₹71.86 a litre, ahead of sugarcane juice, rice, and...
Read the piece →Sugar at ₹55.70 a Kilo: Why Cane Acreage Isn't Growing, and Ethanol Is Losing the Diversion Race
August 21, 2026
India's sugarcane acreage barely moved this season, sugar prices just jumped 10 per cent in a month to record levels, and the years...
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Umashankar Triplicane Dwarakanathan
Investment Promotion & Energy-Sector Leader · Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India