Good management practices for the cane sugar industry /
Jam Meyer, Peter Rein, Peter Turner y Kathryn Mathias
- 1a edición
- 608 páginas : ilustraciones, gráficas, diagramas, tablas, fotos
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Foreword -- Preface -- About the authors -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Units -- Technical glossary -- 1. Sugarcane agriculture -- 2. The soil and its environment -- 3. Sugarcane cropping system -- 4. Weed control -- 5. Sugarcane nutrition and fertilization -- 6. Irrigation -- 7. Drainage, irrigation water quality and salt affected soils -- 8. Disease control -- 9. Pest control -- 10. Chemical ripening, flower supression and growth -- 11. Harvesting and haulage -- 12. Agrochemicals and farm safety -- 13. Biomass management: ethanol and electricity generation -- 14. decision support systems for sugarcane production managers -- PART 2. SUGARCANE PROCESSING MANAGEMENT -- 1. Cane processing management -- 2. Management of wastes and effluents -- 3. Co-product production -- PART 3. SOCIAL, LABOR AND OUTGROWERS -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Regulatory frameworks -- 3. Human Resource management -- 4. Social walfare and community initiatives -- 5. Outgrowers -- Appendix -- Index --
Good Management Practices for the Cane Sugar Industry offers contemporary guidelines for good management practices in the cultivation of sugarcane and production of cane sugar and ethanol. This fine book is an ideal resource for agronomists, soil scientists, extension agents, sugar technologists, engineers, consultants, human-resource personnel and specialists in the fields of teaching and technical assistance.
The book’s twenty-one chapters are organized into three sections: Fourteen chapters cover topics in agricultural management ranging from crop establishment to harvesting. Three chapters are devoted to topics having to do with processing, co-product and effluent management. Four chapters cover social development, community and outgrower topics.
Wherever possible, the authors of Good Management Practices have adopted the values of sustainability, ensuring that any recommended management practices comply with the tenets of today’s triple bottom line:
1. Ensuring profitable production while maintaining and improving production resources;
2. Minimizing or avoiding detrimental impacts to the environment, both on- and off-site; and
3. Ensuring that production takes place in a socially equitable environment.
978-3-87040-149-8
Caña de azúcar Plantas azucareras Azucar de caña--Fabricación Industria azucarera Sugarcane Sugar crops Cane sugar--Manufacture and industry Sugar industry