Organic sugar production - the Mauritian experience
| MSI99P3219 | |
| Deville, J. | |
| Organic sugar production - the Mauritian experience | |
| Periodical article | |
| 1999 | |
| Proc. int. Soc. Sug. Cane Technol. | |
| 23 (1): 64-69 | |
| Paper presented at the XXIII ISSCT Congress, 22 to 26 February 1999, New Delhi, India | |
| En | |
| En | |
| Organic sugar productin started in Mauritius in 1992 after it was realised that a demand existed in Europe. Production followed the standards laid down by the Organic Farmers and Growers Ltd (UK). These have to be strictly adhered to if the produce is to be certified as being organic by a registered inspector. The use of organic fertilizers, because of their variable and heterogenous composition, may lead to over or under fertilization. Manual weeding was found to be expensive and inefective. on the processing side, juice clarification was a major problem as clarifying aids are not permitted. Sucrose recoveries were consistently low. Owing to these constraints, producers gradually lost interest in organic sugar and only one estate, out of the three originally, is till involved. | |
| CANESUGAR ORGANIC SUGAR ORGANIC FARMING CLARIFYING AIDS SUCROSE RECOVERY SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE SUGARCANE BYPRODUCTS | |
| MAURITIUS | |
| Organic sugar | |
| 1999-05-17 | |
| En | |
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