Parashram Patil

India’s sugar crisis is less about one bad season than about the uneasy trade-offs between food, fuel, water and farm incomes India’s latest sugar-price shock is a reminder that agricultural markets rarely obey the neat logic of supply and demand. Retail sugar prices surged towards Rs. 62–Rs. 67 a kilogram before easing after government intervention. But the episode exposes a deeper problem: India is asking its sugar economy to serve too many objectives at once - support farmers, supply...

From monsoon prediction to smarter supply chains, quantum computing could give Maharashtra’s agriculture a new technological edge. AI generated image Indian agriculture is approaching the limits of what conventional computing can comfortably handle. The modern farm is no longer governed by rainfall and soil alone. It sits at the intersection of increasingly volatile weather, crop biology, input prices, pest behaviour, transport networks and global markets. The challenge is not simply to...

Predictive and agentic intelligence can identify vulnerable farmers early, coordinate timely interventions and make agricultural supply chains more resilient. India’s artificial intelligence conversation has largely focused on productivity. Policymakers speak of higher yields, precision farming and digital marketplaces. Technology companies promise smarter irrigation, better weather forecasts and more efficient logistics. Yet one critical variable often remains missing from these discussions:...