Environmental impacts of sugar production : the cultivation and processing of sugarcane and sugar beet /

• Main Author: Cheesman, Oliver, (Author)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2004.
• Subjects: Sugar crops > Environmental aspects.; Field Crops, (New March 2000); Plant Production.; Soil Chemistry and Mineralogy.; Soil Fertility.; Water Resources.; Erosion: Soil and Water Conservation.; Meteorology and Climate.; Pollution and Degradation.; Sugar and Sugar Products.; Plant Wastes.; Industrial Wastes and Effluents.; Plant Ecology.; Animal Ecology.; Beta vulgaris var. saccharifera.; Saccharum.; Saccharum officinarum.; Air pollution.; Beet molasses.; Beet pulp.; Biodiversity.; Cane molasses.; Cultivation.; Environmental impact.; Erosion.; Irrigation.; Polluted soils.; Polluted water.; Soil degradation.; Soil fertility.; Soil pollution.; Soil types.; Sugar factory waste.; Sugar industry.; Sugarbeet.; Sugarbeet tops.; Sugarcane.; Sugarcane bagasse.; Sugarcane byproducts.; Sugarcane tops.; Sugarcane trash.; Water pollution.; Water quality.; Water use.; Electronic books.
• Online Access: View fulltext via EzAccess
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 255 pages) : illustrations, charts; Also available in print format.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-227) and index.
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This book contains 8 chapters on the environmental impact of the cultivation and processing of sugarcane and sugarbeet. The chapters are entitled: (1) background; (2) overview; (3) water consumption; (4) impacts on water quality and aquatic ecosystems; (5) impacts on terrestrial biodiversity; (6) impacts on soils; (7) atmospheric impacts; and (8) use and impacts of byproducts. This book will be of significant interest to policymakers, industry practitioners and researchers in sugar, crop, soil, water and environmental sciences.