Sugarcane grows for twelve World Sugar Production to ... · Sugarcane grows for twelve to sixteen...

Raw sugar is:Processed, dried and ground into crystals and bagged for consumption.

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Sugar is produced

in 121Countries

Global production

exceeds

180 millionMetric tons per year

Source: United States Department of Agriculture, 2017

World Sugar ProductionCrop Year 2016/2017 (Marketing Year)

Is produced from sugarcane

70%

Is produced from sugarbeet

30%

Top 10 Producers of SugarThousand Metric TonsCrop Year 2016/2017 (Marketing Year)

Source: United States Department of Agriculture, 2017

39,150

21,930

16,500

10,000

9,500

7,960

6,557

5,975

6,100

5,100

European Union

Brazil

India

China

Thailand

Pakistan

United States

Mexico

Australia

Russia

Source: The International Institute for Sustainable Development

Sustainable CertifiedSugarcane

5-year growth(2011 - 2015)

% of total sugarcane area (2015)

27.5% 122.5% 51.3%

3.4% 0.7% 0.3%

Production Area

Top 5 Exporter Countries ofCentrifugal SugarcaneThousand Metric Tons2015/2016

Australia

Brazil

Thailand

Mexico

Guatemala

Source: United States Department of Agriculture

3,650

1,188

24,350

8,800

2,255

Top 5 Ethanol Producers

2016

EUUSA Brazil IndiaChina Thailand

8.258.0 30.2 2.27.9 1.6

8.655.7 29.5 2.18.3 1.6

Production

Consumption

Source: Economic Co-operation and Development - Food and Agriculture Organization Agricultural Outlook

Billion Liters

122 8 10

Germination

Closed canopy

Intense Growing Period

Maturity Period

Month Month Month Month Month Month

0Month

Sugarcane grows for twelve to sixteen months before being harvested.

Harvesting:By Hand

Harvesting:MechanicalDoes not require burning and canbe done in soils with up to 12% slope.

CuttingSugarcane is cut and will regrow for about three more cuts for the next five years.

Sugarcane Industrial ProcessesCut sugarcane goes to the mill. The processs involves: weighting, washing, milling, clarification, decantation, evaporation, cooking and crystallization.

Sugarcane is milled and divided in:

BagasseBagasse goes to boilers to make steam and generate power.

MolassesMolasses is diluted and fermented.

JuiceCane is crushed, juice is clarified and decanted, water is evaporated, syrup is cooked until reaching crystallization.

FUEL

Melted, clarified, filtered, centrifuged, dried, ground and bagged for consumption.

SUGAR

orRe�ned Sugar is:

&

Top 5 Human Domestic Consumersby CountryCrop Year 2016/2017 (Marketing Year)

United States11,068

India25,700

China15,600

Indonesia6,498

Brazil10,900

Source: United States Department of Agriculture

Thousand Metric Tons

2015/2016

Top 8 Latin American Sugarcane ProducersThousand Metric Tons

Source: United States Department of Agriculture

Guatemala

Brazil

Mexico

Argentina

Colombia

Cuba

Peru

Nicaragua

34,650

6,555

2,975

2,250

2,060

1,625

1,350

662

4 6

or

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Pre Harvest Harvest

Post Harvest

Soil Management and Conservation

• Conservation of organic matter in soil

• Minimum tillage

• Nutrient recycling (composting �lter cake, chicken and cattle manure)

• Green manure fertilization of the soil with legumes before a sugarcane �eld is replanted

Water Conservation and Quality

• Integrated pest management plan, including cultural and biological controls

• Crop renovation with pest and disease- resistant varieties

• Water saving technologies like drip irrigation, water collection and dry sugarcane • Wastewater and solid waste treatment systems for sugar mills

• Support for certi�ed growers under schemes that restrict the use of pesticides and fertilizers

• Biogas production from sugarcane milling

Air Quality

• Support for certi�ed growers under schemes that forbid burning

• Adoption of mechanical harvesters that do not require sugarcane �eld burning

• Reduction of water footprint through water savings at the processing facility and reutilization of water

Water Conservation and Carbon Footprint(Transportation and Processing)

• Reduction of carbon footprint by decreasing energy use

• Use of more productive varieties

• Implementation of third-party sustainable certi�cations

• Protection of natural ecosystems and high conservation value areas

Ecosystem Conservation

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