Environmental impacts of sugar production: the cultivation and processing of sugarcane and sugar beet [electronic resource] Edited by O. D. Cheesman.
Material type: TextLanguage: English Series: CABI BooksPublisher: WallingfordUK CABI Publishing 2004Edition: 1Description: 255ppContent type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9780851990538
- Saccharum
- environmental impact
- Beta vulgaris var. saccharifera
- sugarbeet
- Amaranthaceae
- water pollution
- plants
- beet pulp
- soil pollution
- water composition and quality
- atmospheric pollution
- Saccharum officinarum
- irrigation
- cane molasses
- sugarcane tops
- polluted soils
- Poales
- biodiversity
- Poaceae
- Caryophyllales
- angiosperms
- eukaryotes
- eudicots
- air pollution
- sugarbeet tops
- soil types
- water quality
- soil quality
- polluted water
- watering
- environmental effects
- erosion
- sugarcane bagasse
- sugarcane trash
- sugarbeet pulp
- commelinids
- cultivation
- Spermatophyta
- sugar industry
- sugarcane
- soil fertility
- sugar factory waste
- water use
- soil degradation
- beet molasses
- monocotyledons
- Beta
- sugarcane byproducts
- Beta vulgaris
- sugar factory effluent
Pressure from conservationists and increasing regulation, means that environmental considerations are increasingly important for the sugar industry. This book examines the environmental impacts of the sugar industry in relation to the cultivation of sugar crops (cane and beet) and the processing of the raw materials that they yield. These include soil erosion, loss of natural habits leading to a reduction in biodiversity, excessive water consumption, water and air pollution, and runoff and leaching of nutrients. Whilst some of these impacts are essentially generic impacts of agriculture, others, such as those relating to irrigation, are more specific to the cultivation of sugar crops. The book also investigates the utilization of waste materials from sugar production, and explores methods of reducing the environmental impacts of sugar production and processing.
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