Growth of Sugar Cane


Click here to return to the Life Cycle home pageSugar cane is a tropical crop which contains high amounts of sugar in its plant liquor. The plant is grown in large quantities in many countries with the primary purpose to produce white and brown sugar. The growth of sugar cane can be more or less mechanized and the exchanges vary depending on natural conditions, equipment used as well as agricultural practice.

Sugar cane

Sugar cane fields

 

 

Mechanized sugar cane harvesting

Sugar cane transportation 

Burning of the sugar cane field after harvest emits a variety of air pollutants

Typical exchanges associated with sugar cane production