India’s biofuel blending policy presents serious trade-offs with land use, nitrogen emissions and food security (IMAGE)

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India’s biofuel blending policy presents serious trade-offs with land use, nitrogen emissions and food security

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The figure a. shows the overproduction of sugar (in Mt yr-1) across the scenario between 2020 to 2050. The overproduction of sugar evolves with the share of sugarcane-based molasses route and sugar juice. With decreasing share of sugarcane-based molasses, the overproduction of sugar decreases. The figure b. shows net trade (Export – Import) for all agricultural products, indicated in Mt yr-1 across the scenarios between 2020 and 2050.

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Jha et al., 2026, PLOS One, CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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