III. SUGAR CANEGunda W.C @ lushoto secondary school 2016
Gunda W.C @ lushoto secondary school 2016LUSHOTO SECONDARY SCHOOLGEOGRAPHYTOPIC : AGRICULTURE SUBTOPIC : III. SUGAR CANECLASS : FORM TWO TEACHER' NAME: GUNDA W.C.
SUGAR CANEIs a tropical reed-like plant with a thick stem that contains a sweet. [Origin: East Asia]Belongs to SACCHARUM family.Grown on plantations at Morogoro-Kilombero and at Arusha-Chini; other at Mwawa and Mtwara districts.Gunda W.C @ lushoto secondary school 2016
Qn: What are the necessary conditions for growing sugar cane?Thrives best in hot climates with temperature 21C – 27CDoes well in areas with plenty rainfall [Not less than 50mm]Grows in a variety of soils [well drained soil that can added by manure and fertilizer]Does well at altitude of 1600m above sea levelTopographical for growing is gently slopping landGunda W.C @ lushoto secondary school 2016
Qn: What should be done on preparing farm, planting and caring sugar cane?Ploughing land of field [By plough and harrow tractors].A crop is grown from cuttings of older sugar cane stems [has 8 – 14 months old].Gunda W.C @ lushoto secondary school 2016NODESSETTS
Qn: What should be done on preparing farm, planting and caring sugar cane?Setts are laid in furrows horizontally, next to each other.Bud forms the stem, stem forms its own roots, then it forms a cluster of new shoots [Stool].Weeding is done for 3 - 4 times before harvesting.Gunda W.C @ lushoto secondary school 2016
Qn: How sugar cane harvestedGunda W.C @ lushoto secondary school 2016
Qn: How sugar cane harvestedGunda W.C @ lushoto secondary school 2016
Qn: How sugar cane harvested and being processed to produce sugar?Gunda W.C @ lushoto secondary school 2016
Qn: How sugar cane harvested and being processed to produce sugar?In East Africa, it takes about 14 months [at coast] or about 22 months [at plateaus] for sugar cane to mature.It harvested by cutting it at the base and removing the crown leaves.At factory; the sugar cane is first weighed.Put in large tanks [to be washed].Cut into pieces; fed into rollers and squeeze out the juice.Remaining fibre [Bagasse] dried and used as fuel for the boilers or used to generate electricity.Gunda W.C @ lushoto secondary school 2016
Qn: How sugar cane harvested and being processed to produce sugar?Juice is processed to remove dirt, then it put into boilers [For evaporation]. => It boiled until it turn into thick syrup.Syrup passed onto a vacuum pan under very low pressure to form a dark brown sugar mixture of Sucrose Crystals and Molasses [Massecuite].Then, mixture put into tanks [Crystal-liters] to grow sugar crystals.Molasses is then separated from the crystals.After completing those processes; sugar is stored in bags of various size at warehouses and transported to the markets.Gunda W.C @ lushoto secondary school 2016
Qn: How sugar cane harvested and being processed to produce sugar?Gunda W.C @ lushoto secondary school 2016
Qn: Which countries around the world, are the major sugar cane producers?These countries are: Brazil, India, Pakistan, USA, Thailand, Australia, Colombia, South Africa and Indonesia.Gunda W.C @ lushoto secondary school 2016
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