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Zaï pit process Zaï in Batodi, municipality of Tajaé, Niger. Zaï or tassa is a farming technique of digging pits in less permeable soil to catch water and concentrate compost. [1]
KSL maintains a plantation that occupies 17,000 hectares (66 sq mi) of which 10,000 hectares (39 sq mi) were under sugarcane cultivation in 2014. At that time, 7,000 hectares (27 sq mi) were under irrigation from the Kagera River that borders the sugar plantation. [6]
More land is required to grow more cane to meet this goal. The government of Rwanda and the Madhvani Group have held discussions to bring this plan to fruition. [ 4 ] In August 2016, the government signed a memorandum of understanding with investors from Mauritius , to establish a new sugar factory in the Eastern Province of Rwanda, at an ...
Machine dug trenches can be deeper. The dimensions, and the format of the trench should correspond to the local climate and soil conditions. The trench should be big enough to keep all the water; no water should spoil over the downhill border. The upside of the trench should be protected against erosion, by means of e.g. grass, shrubs, or fabric.
Sugarcane is the most widely produced primary crop in the world. Sugarcane, a perennial tropical grass, exhibits a unique growth pattern characterized by lateral shoots emerging at its base, leading to the development of multiple stems. These stems typically attain a height of 3 to 4 meters (approximately 10 to 13 feet) and possess a diameter ...
Young boy grinding sugar cane near Flumpa, Nimba County, 1968. Agriculture in Liberia is a major sector of the country's economy worth 38.8% of GDP, employing more than 70% of the population and providing a valuable export for one of the world's least developed countries (as defined by the UN).
In 1920, the Vithaldas Haridas & Company, under the management of Muljibhai Madhvani, a twenty-six-year-old Indian-born Ugandan businessman, entrepreneur, industrialist and philanthropist, purchased 800 acres (3.2 km 2) of land, in Kakira, between Jinja and Iganga, for the purpose of starting a sugar factory. [9]
Ratooning is an ancient method of propagation in sugarcane in which subterranean buds on the stubble (the part of cane left underground after harvesting) give rise to a new crop stand, which is usually referred to as the 'ratoon' or the 'stubble crop' as opposed to 'plant crop', which is raised from seeds or seedlings.