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Showing 1 to 20 of 33 for “"Sugar Industry"”.
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Value chain diversification in the sugar industry using quantitative economic forecasting models
The South African sugar industry is facing increasing pressure from global sugar markets where the price of sugar is significantly lower than in domestic markets, as well as from the implementation of the health levy which has resulted in beverage manufacturers replacing sugar with non-taxable …
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Techno-economic modelling of cogeneration options for the South African sugar industry
Cogeneration is a core part of the SA sugar industry operations. Most factories in SA already cogenerate, but not to their full potential. Improving cogeneration through better energy utilisation than the usual status-quo can potentially enhance profitability. However, investment in cogeneration in …
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Smallholder sugarcane growers, indigenous technical knowledge, and the sugar industry crisis in Fiji
… to analyse the current crisis facing the sugar industry in Fiji. Its particular focus is the livelihood crisis facing the smallholder sugarcane growers, and it explores the potential of their local and traditional farming knowledge as a source of solutions for both crises. It argues, …
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Scale Effects of Seasonal Production in the United States Raw Cane Sugar Industry
Restricted to the U of I community idenfinitely during batch ingest of legacy ETDs
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Labour problems in the sugar industry of Ile de France or Mauritius, 1790 - 1842
The island of Mauritius is situated in the south-western Indian Ocean between 19°591, 20°321 south latitude and 57°18 1 , 57° 49 1 east longitude. The nearest landmass of any considerable extent is Madagascar which Iies some 900 km due west of Mauritius; but there are a number of islands and islets …
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An energy efficiency evaluation of a bagasse gasification system for the South African sugar industry
Submitted in fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Engineering in Electrical Power Engineering, Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa, 2018.
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Global niche markets and local development : clientelism and fairtrade farmer organizations in Paraguay's sugar industry
… smallholder development. Paraguay's smallholder sugarcane farmers have been the unlikely beneficiaries of these new global market niches, as the world's largest exporters of Fairtrade and organic sugar. Two Paraguayan cane farmer organizations share similar socio-economic characteristics but have …
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FROM SLAVE TO FREE LABOR IN THE BRAZILIAN SUGAR INDUSTRY: THE POLITICAL-ECONOMY OF SOCIAL CONTROL AND CRIME IN PERNAMBUCO, 1850-1922
<p>Between 1850 and the turn of the century the dominant mode of production in the export sector of Pernambuco shifted from a slave to quasi-capitalist. The labor transition was not an evolutionary outgrowth of existing work relations--it involved struggle and coercion. The first part of this …
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Policy options for climate change loss and damage: A case study from Fijian agriculture
… for anthropogenic climate change L&D within the sugar industry of Fiji. Through a grounded theoretical lens, qualitative research was used to gain in-depth insights into climate change L&D from cyclones and droughts in the Fijian sugar industry. In-depth semi-structured interviews (n=68) were …
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Energy from sugarcane by-products : analysis for Kenya
The Kenyan sugar industry continues to face the task of being competitive in a liberalized global economy that has witnessed a trend in declining sugar prices and increasing local production costs. This dissertation attempts to investigate possible options that could assist Kenyan sugar industry to …
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Planter's Paradise: Nature, Culture, and Hawaiʻi’s Sugarcane Plantations
… course of the nineteenth century, the Hawaiian sugar industry rose from economic insignificance to become one of the world’s most efficient and productive sugarcane plantation systems. "Planter's Paradise" traces the transnational environmental history of cane planting in Hawaiʻi, from …
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Creoles, Indian Immigrants and the Restructuring of Society and Economy in Mauritius, 1767-1885
… 1825 of the preferential tariff on West Indian sugar entering Britain revolutionzed Mauritian agriculture. By the mid-1850s the fortunes of the colony's economy were linked irrevocably to those of sugar. The demand for labor caused by the rapid growth of the sugar industry, together with the …
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Mikrobinių lipolizinių fermentų imobilizavimas ir imobilizuotų preparatų analizė /
… L, type EX, Lecitase Ultra and Lipex 100 L, on a sugar industry pyrolysis product and octylsepharose carriers. Optimization of the conditions was first carried out by determining the stabilizing pH values by thermal shift assay and the optimum reaction temperature by spectrophotometric …
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The Continuous Fermentation of Vinegar in Tower Fermenter
… country oforigin; beet molasses, a by-product of sugar industry; malt charging wort; pure ethanol, and wine. Batch and continuous modes of fermentations were studied. The substrates were tested under different conditions of temperature and aeration rate. The influence of the medium total acidity …
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Hydro-amination of low alcohols
… The present study is an example. By-products of sugar industry, namely molasses and bagasses, can be used as a feedstock to produce valuable chemicals. By fermentation, molasses can be converted into a variety of organic compounds including ethanol, and other alcohols, lactic, glutamic and citric …
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Brides of Drought: (Un)tying the Knots Between Climate, Cane, and Early Marriage in Western India
… labour arrangements in the adjoining western sugar belt, from male gangs to husband-wife pairs, have multiplied the drivers and compounded the issue of early marriage in the region. The study combines a social reproduction framework with girlhood and feminist political ecology theories to …
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Factors affecting productivity of small-scale sugarcane farmers in Mona and Sonkombo villages
Sugarcane is regarded as one of the most important crops in South Africa. The sugar industry has a pivotal role to play in the socio-economic development of rural areas. Small-scale sugarcane farmers are faced with various challenges that affect their productivity. The main objective of this study …
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Statistical analysis and prediction of climate impacts on sugarcane yield in southeastern Africa
Sugarcane production is chiefly influenced by climate, but there are also farming operations that diminish the sugarcane yield. The study concentrated on discovering the statistical relationship between the climate and subsequent sugarcane yield by statistical analysis of monthly and annual data …
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Maltotetraose production using Pseudomonas stutzeri exo-alpha-amylase in a membrane recycle bioreactor
… which has many applications in the food and sugar industry. The relatively short-term operation of the MRB system was shown to be appropriate for high purity (83-84%) maltotetraose production for biochemical, clinical, and pharmaceutical applications.
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