Greater competitiveness and deregulation in agribusiness and the food industry require new forms of co-ordination between farmers and their clients to increase the efficiency and profitability of the supply chain. Various co-ordination processes are used by processing firms to control the quantity and quality of their raw material. In the sugar industry, millers plan their cane supply to ensure...

Trials were conducted to determine comparative changes with time in weight, juice quality and recoverable sugar of whole stalk and chopped sugarcane of several varieties, and to study the effect of billet size on rate of deterioration. In addition, an estimate was made of size distribution of billets from a chopper harvester. It was concluded that under hot, humid conditions chopped cane deteri...

The brown sugar cane factory that is run by the people of Wih Pesam District, Bener Meriah Regency still traditional, using technology low. labor used sourced from within family and number not too much, namely between 5 or 6 people. purpose this study was to find out how much income home industry in was. research method survey method. sampling technique observation (census method) with a sample...

In the context of reorganization of production in the sugar and alcohol industry, mechanization of sugar cane harvesting has been justified as a protective measure for the environment and workers. This article focuses on the consequences of organization of work in mechanization of sugar cane harvesting with regard to the harvester operators' health. Based on data gathered through interviews and...

This study involved the determination of the peroxide value (POV) as a measure of the resistance of the oxidation of edible oil with grape vine cane additives to assess their antioxidation potential. The study demonstrated that grape extracts of canes could effectively inhibit the lipid oxidation of edible oils and that this ability varied significantly due to the different extraction solvents ...

BACKGROUND Cane molasses, an important residue of the sugar industry, have the potential as a cost-effective carbon source that could serve as nutrients for industrial enzyme-producing microorganisms, especially filamentous fungi. However, the enzyme mixtures produced in such a complex medium are poorly characterized. In this study, the secretome of Trichoderma reesei grown on a cane molasses m...

The importance of growing sugarcane varieties that minimise losses from nematodes is linked to the effect that the nematodes have on the cane. Revised estimates of crop loss from nematodes in South Africa indicate a reduction in yield equivalent to more than 1.6 million tons cane per annum. The most pathogenic species on sugarcane, Meloidogyne javanica, is restricted to very sandy soils. The ot...

The potentials of three renewable biomass types as 'Green Power' alternatives for sugarcane milling were evaluated: (1) baled sugarcane trash, (2) high-yielding perennial grass (ie, Napier grass), and (3) fast-growing tree species. The data shows that approximately 5.9% of energy used for boilers in sugar processing, provided by 365,000 barrels of imported bunker oil, can be displaced by 246,00...

Trash blankets contain substantial amounts of nitrogen (N) and other nutrients. The availability of N in trash is complicated because most of the N cycles through the soil organic matter. To gain insights into the long-term fate of N contained in trash, N dynamics in the SASEX long-term trash management experiment (BT1) were simulated with the APSIM-Sugarcane cropping systems model. Initially, ...