Guidelines for the mechanization of cultural operations for sugar cane cultivated on tea lands

Code (CO)	MSI99P2048
Author (AU)	Jacquin, E. Rivière, V. Mc Intyre, G.
Title - English (ET)	Guidelines for the mechanization of cultural operations for sugar cane cultivated on tea lands
Document Type(DT)	Report
Date of publication (DP)	1995
Source (SO)	13 p., 5 figs, 4 pl., 2 tbls
Publisher (PB)	Réduit, Mauritius Sugar Industry Research Institute
Language of text (LT)	En
Abstract (AB)	Many measures have been identified to meet the additional sugar quota of 85 000 tonnes, among which, the conversion of some 2000 hectares of tea lands to sugar cane cultivation. All operations on tea lands, except soil tillage and furrowing, are performed manually. High soil moisture content resulting in poor in-field trafficability is the main limitation to mechanization. With increasing labour shortage and costs, ways and means of utilizing agricultural equipment have to be found. As little experience has been qcquired in the field of mechanization under such conditions, preliminary recommendations are given for operations ranging from uprooting of tea busches up to cane planting. As regards the mechanization of some cultural operations up to loading, only suggestions are made.
Descriptors - English (DE)	SUGARCANE MECHANIZATION CULTIVATION METHODS
Descriptors - Geographic (DG)	MAURITIUS
Sort Key 1(K1)	Sugarcane: Cultural operations
Sort Key 2 (K2)	Mechanization
Date record entered (DA)	1995-12-08
Language of analysis (LA)	En
Location (LO)	LIB
Processing status (PS)	CAT
Number of copies (NC)	1
MSIRI Staff (MS)	Mechan COWA