For a number of years there has been an ever increasing interest in mechanisation on sugar farms and estates. The interest was originally directed towards cultivation and planting. More recently transport methods have changed and the develop. ment in this direction will continue beyond the cane loader in which great interest is being shown at the present time. In those countries where costs of ...

maximum aerobic power output to productivity and absenteeism of East African sugar cane workers. The relationship of the physiological responses to laboratory exercise on an upright bicycle ergometer and predicted maximum aerobic power output (VO2max) to daily and season output has been investigated in 78 cane cutters aged 18 to 50 years working on the Kilombero sugar estate, Tanzania. The resu...

This paper provides a review of geographic information system (GIS) technology and its potential use in the SA sugar industry. A brief history of the SASEX GIS is given, as is a description of the software used. Examples of some current GIS research applications at SASEX, such as soil erosion work, yield potential mapping and cane burning investigations are discussed, and mention is made of som...

The trashing versus burning debate has been raging for many years, where trashing is defined as the physical separation of leaf material from the cane ‘stick’ prior to transporting the cane stick to the mill. This paper steers away from the environmental debate and focuses on the economics of trashing versus burning. Trashed cane can generally be supplied quicker than burnt cane, reducing sucro...

The South African sugar industry has recently moved from a cane payment scheme based on the sucrose content of cane to one based upon the concept of recoverable value (RV), which is itself a modification of the estimated recoverable crystal (ERC) quantity as originally presented by van Hengel (1974). While the definitions of ERC and RV attempt to discount the effect of cane quality on factory p...

In the current scenario due to increased input costs, commercial dairy operations are seeking reduced-cost feed alternatives to enhance productivity while reducing feed costs. The organic dairy sector has had recent unprecedented changes in their industry due to increased grain prices. Therefore, organic dairy farmers in particular are seeking lowercost energy alternatives. Sugar cane molasses,...

raw cane sugar is one of the most important product in the sugar industry and is the main raw material for the white sugar production. morphological and physical properties of this product might influence the final white sugar. for instance, the behavior during centrifugation, transport and storage is related to the characteristics of these crystals. the object of this study was to determine th...

Sixty six indigenous Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains were evaluated in stressful conditions (temperature, osmolarity, sulphite and ethanol tolerance) and also ability to flocculate. Eighteen strains showed tolerant characteristics to these stressful conditions, growing at 42 °C, in 0.04% sulphite, 1 mol L(-1) NaCl and 12% ethanol. No flocculent characteristics were observed. These strains were...

Cane based enterprise is one of the most flourished business in the northeastern region of Bangladesh. The purpose of the present study is to observe the pattern of production of cane based furniture in Sylhet city, identify the prospects and problems, and recommend solutions. The study reveals that most of the cane furniture enterprises (57%) is small and 36% is medium and 7% is large in size....

Raw cane sugar is one of the most important product in the sugar industry and is the main raw material for the white sugar production. Morphological and physical properties of this product might influence the final white sugar. For instance, the behavior during centrifugation, transport and storage is related to the characteristics of these crystals. The object of this study was to determine th...