Marketing Of Sugarcane Research Articles

Constraints of Sugarcane Farmers During Cultivation and Marketing in Kerala, India

The study analysed the constraints faced by farmers during cultivation and marketing of sugarcane in Kerala. A multi-stage random sampling technique was adopted for the data collection and information was obtained from 120 sugarcane farmers and 10 marketing intermediaries. The farmers ranked and used Garrett's ranking technique to analyze the main production and marketing constraints. The major production constraints identified were wild animal and rodent attack, followed by shortage of labour and high labour cost, high cost of inputs and delay in harvesting. Price fluctuations of sugarcane and absence of regulated markets were major marketing constraints. Valuable suggestions were implementing effective measures to mitigate wildlife damage, government should purchase farmers products at reasonable price.

Factors Related to Farmers’ Acceptance of Improved Technologies: A Case Study of Small-scale Sugar Cane Farmers in Kakamega County, Kenya.

Improvement of agricultural technologies has been a global focus, aimed at enhancing agricultural productivity for economic growth and improved livelihood. Through research, many agricultural technologies, loaded with potential benefits have been produced but their acceptance by the intended users has been a global challenge. This calls for need to develop effective mechanism to enhance technology acceptance so that their potential benefits may be realised. This study focused on these phenomena through establishment of various factors related to acceptance of improved sugar cane varieties among small-scale sugar cane farmers in Kakamega County. Understanding of these factors was critical, as it would pin point critical conditions that would facillitate wider acceptance of improved technologies by the targeted users. The study was built on Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT); and the theory of Diffusion of Innovations (DOI). A Cross-Sectional Survey research design was used. The target population was 137,355 sugar cane farmers from Kakamega County, from which a sample of 384 farmers was randomly selected. Questionnaires were used to collect data. Statistical analysis was done using chi-square at 0.05 significance level. The study findings established significant relationships between gender, age, education, land ownership, experience in farming, source of income, sugar cane varietal attributes, variety choice, seed sources, availability of advisory services and marketing of sugar cane, with farmers’ acceptance of improved varieties. Addressing these factors is of great importance to technology developers and promoters as they would facilitate acceptance of the improved technologies produced by farmers. The study recommended extension service providers and sugar millers to provide farmers with adequate information on improved sugar cane varieties, required facilitating resources and supportive services in effort to enhance production of these varieties by farmers. The study has also contributed valuable information to the existing literature in agricultural extension.

Analysis of the evolution of the Brazilian sugar-energy sector from the 1995, 2006 e 2017 Agricultural Censuses

Given the historical importance of sugarcane for Brazil and considering that it continues to stand out in national agribusiness, it is important to investigate the interfaces of this activity. The objective was to analyze the changes that have occurred in the productive aspects of sugarcane, comparing the data from the 2017 Agricultural Census against 2006 and 1995. The results showed that the sector continues to represent great importance for Brazilian agriculture. In addition, the Midwest has stood out as a new producing region, with emphasis on Goiás, which came to occupy the second position in the quantity produced among the states in the 2017 Census. The Southeast continues to lead the production, with more than 60% of the Brazilian total, with São Paulo stands out. Considering the references consulted and the results found, the states that are leading the sugarcane market have greater technological capacity, aiming at productive sustainability and efficiency of processes, especially in terms of agricultural yields.

Estimation of the Resource Use Efficiency and Constraints Faced by the Farmers in Sugarcane Cultivation in Balrampur District of Uttar Pradesh

To study the resource use efficiency and constraints faced by the farmers in Balrampur district of Uttar Pradesh was conducted in agriculture year 2020-21. Multistage sampling technique was used. The study pertains and data gathered was analyzed and it was found that the return to scale in marginal farm was 0.93, in small size farm it was about 0.92 and in medium size farm the return to scale was found to be 0.96. The major constraints faced by the farmers in production of Sugarcane are High cost of Input, High Interest on Loans, High Labor Cost, High Incidence of Disease, Lack of Irrigation water supply, Inadequate Credit, Delay in Sanction of crop loan, Uncertain Weather, Lack of knowledge and important Technology and Poor Soil Fertility and the constraint faced by the farmers in Marketing of Sugarcane are Delay in Cash Payment, High Commission Charges, Malpractices in weighing, Price Fluctuation, High cost of transportation, Lack of storage facility, Market is far from production, Lack of information about government schemes and subsidies, Illegal deduction and Lack of skilled labor.

Alternative cropping adoption in Thailand: A case study of rice and sugarcane production

This research analyzed farmers' acceptance to switch from rice to sugarcane farming and their support preferences in this regard using choice models. The results showed that farm size, crop conversion experience, sugarcane price, household asset and sugarcane price guarantee significantly influenced the farmers' land-use decisions in this regard. Farmers' concerns over cash flow and ability to access the sugarcane market critically decreased their likelihood to switch to sugarcane production. They were also less inclined to grow sugarcane when climatic conditions and soil fertility were favorable. Loan burden and unclear support policies were also a major hindrance. However, attractive sugarcane price along with price guarantee policy had a positive influence on the farmers’ willingness to cultivate sugarcane. Farmers mostly prioritized sugarcane price guarantees in the first year, followed by low-interest credit support for production costs and harvesting and logistic services. This shows that effective policy solutions to encourage farmers to switch from rice to sugarcane production should incorporate capacity building, improve credit access, and implement price controls, particularly in the early stages of the transition.

Stabilization and attributive amelioration of sugarcane juice by naturally derived preservatives using aonla and moringa extract.

Sugarcane juice (SCJ) is a cheap, popular, and very nutritious beverage served at roadside stalls in many countries during harvesting season. The juice is normally consumed immediately after extraction as fermentation sets within a few hours of extraction. Preserving the raw sugarcane juice is always challenging because it spoils within a few hours of extraction due to fermentation. Therefore, the bottling, distribution, and marketing of sugarcane are difficult tasks. The present study was designed to investigate the effect of naturally derived preservatives using aonla extract (AE) and moringa extract (ME) in different proportions (0%, 3%, 5%, and 7%) for the preservation of SCJ during 21 days of the storage period at 4 ± 2°C temperature. The effect of extracts and storage time were analyzed on physicochemical parameters, bioactive compounds, enzymatic, microbiological, and sensory analyses of SCJ. A significant improvement in pH of 5% AE (5.30 ± 0.06) and 5% ME (5.36 ± 0.02) was observed at 21 days as compared to control (5.89 ± 0.02). The total phenolic contents in 7% ME were also observed to be retained (4.4 ± 0.02 mg GAE/mL) at 21 days as compared to control (2.65 ± 0.03 mg GAE/mL). Other physicochemical and phytochemical analyses including titratable acidity, total soluble solids, total flavonoids, ascorbic acid, 2,2‐Diphenyl‐2‐picrylhydrazyl (DPPH), and ferric reducing antioxidant power assay (FRAP) also indicated that SCJ treated with ME was significantly stable (p < .05) regarding quality parameters, nutritional and sensory attributes at different storage intervals. These findings may be practical for the large‐scale production, storage, and marketing of SCJ products.

Diversifikasi Olahan Nira Tebu Melalui Diseminasi Teknologi Mesin Pemeras Tebu di Desa Karangbener Kecamatan Bae Kabupaten Kudus

Dissemination of technology products to the community aims to improve the welfare of sugar cane farmers in Karangbener Village, Bae District, Kudus Regency. The problem faced by farmers is the low price of sugar cane due to nonstandard yields and the low capacity of the sugar factory to receive sugar cane farmers in the harvest season. The strategy used is processing sugar cane by diversifying the processing of sugar cane through the dissemination of sugar cane presses. The strategy includes sugarcane cultivation socialization activities, diversification of sugar cane processing, training on the use of sugar cane presses, financial management training and training in selling and marketing sugarcane juice products to Sari Rejo and Bangun Harjo farmer groups with a total of 31 members. The results of the activity of making 3 units of sugarcane squeezer machines which have been handed over to farmer groups, the ability of farmer group members to diversify sugarcane juice preparations, the ability to operate and maintain sugarcane squeezer machines, and have an understanding of management and marketing of sugarcane processed diversified products

Pricing Efficiency in Agricultural Markets: Evidence from the Sugarcane Sector in Laos

This study aims to analyse the relationship between farm gate prices and export prices in the sugarcane sector in Laos. The Johansen cointegration test, Granger-causality test, and the Error Correction Model (ECM) were used to investigate the causality and asymmetry of price transmission between the two market levels. The coefficient of variation values shows that farm gate prices were more volatile than prices at the exporter level. Granger’s causality tests show two-way causality between farm and export markets. Further, estimates of the price adjustment process suggest an asymmetric adjustment between producer and exporter prices, in short and long-run. This implies that there is a non-competitive market structure. It is therefore recommended that policies be put in place to ensure the efficient marketing of sugarcane in Laos.

Extension needs of sugar cane farmers in Minya Governorate

The research aimed to identify the cognitive needs of the researched farmers related to the technical recommendations for the production and marketing of sugarcane crop.x research was determined by selecting the three largest administrative centers in the governorate of Minya in terms of the cultivated area of sugar cane crop. In order to determine the sample of the research, the Krejci and Morgan equation was used and the application of the equation to the comprehensive research shows that the required sample size is 346 respondents by 9.8% distributed over the following villages: Mohurs village Malawi center 154 farmers, Bani Haram village Derma was center 150 farmers sakitmose Abu Qurqas 42 farmers The farmers surveyed were randomly selected from the 2019 sugarcane crop inventories in agricultural cooperatives in the selected villages. The research data were collected by means of a questionnaire form by interviewing the researcher with the respondents. This was during the months of January and February 2019.Several statistical methods and tools were used: percentages, frequency, arithmetic, mean and standard deviation. The most important findings of the research were as follows:1_ It is clear from the results that about 94% of the respondents represented the category of cognitive needs medium and high, and this shows the need for the knowledge and information on the cultivation of sugar cane.2-_ It is clear from these results that the distribution of respondents according to their operational needs indicates that 94% of them represented the category of medium and high need.

Technology advances in sugarcane propagation: A patent citation study

Sugarcane propagation technologies have, in recent years, been the focus of interest of large corporations involved in the sugar and ethanol business. The objective of this study is to present the methodology used to identify the technology domain found in different sugarcane propagation technologies. The methodology was based on the bibliometric analysis of patents, including a meticulous selection of the most representative technologies used by the sugarcane market and the application of patent citation. The results report the process developed to identify a novel technology domain of high complexity involving different fields of science resulting in a set of sugar cane propagation technologies and show that the main technology advances have happened in the last decade (2005–2015), especially in seedling containers and the use of chemical compounds for seedling treatment. Further studies are recommended to help understand how these new technologies will impact the sugarcane production-chain in Brazil.

Constraints faced in production and marketing of sugarcane in Parbhani district of Maharashtra

Constraints faced in production and marketing of sugarcane in Parbhani district of Maharashtra

Mức độ cạnh tranh của thị trường mía đường Đồng bằng sông Cửu Long theo phương pháp phân tích SCP

This paper is aimed to explore the market structure and analyze the competitive process of the sugarcane market in the Mekong Delta. Criteria including barriers to entry, buyer and seller concentration, classification of product quality, and distribution of market information were recruited in the study. SCP approach and descriptive statistics were applied in data analysis. The result of the study indicates that the sugarcane market in the study was competitive. The concentration level of the sugarcane market was rather high; and competition among enterprises were detected, but not too fierce and acrimonious. However, sugarcane traders and wholesalers whose market shares are low were operating their business in a highly competitive market. To sugarcane competitors, the concentration of market share in a certain sugar business cannot be identified; and it is easy for traders to access to market information.

Alinhamento e maturidade na gerência de TI em segmento tradicional da indústria: o setor sucroalcooleiro

O objetivo do estudo foi analisar o setor sucroalcooleiro da Região Nordeste com a intenção de identificar variáveis que descrevam o processo de alinhamento, se houver, entre estratégias de negócio e estratégias de TI. Buscou-se suprir uma lacuna existente na literatura, onde a maioria das investigações sobre alinhamento no país tem privilegiado ramos mais dinâmicos, com especial ênfase ao segmento bancário, onde a relação entre investimentos em TI e produtividade é mais evidente. A pesquisa está fundamentada em trabalhos recentes sobre avaliação dos benefícios do desenvolvimento tecnológico, como os recursos aplicados em TIC, que proporcionam suporte às empresas conferindo-lhes (ou não) competitividade (paradoxo da produtividade). Para isso, foi aplicado um questionário, além de realizadas entrevistas, para aprofundamento de alguns pontos, junto aos gerentes de áreas estratégicas em 14 usinas do setor sucroalcooleiro em Pernambuco (total de 19), referenciadas pelo modelo de alinhamento de Henderson e Venkatraman (1993), referendado por Albertin (2009) e, também, pela análise da maturidade desse alinhamento, definida por Luftman (2000). O alinhamento estratégico ficou caracterizado com um grupo identificado como moderno, que pratica a utilização da TI com maior intensidade, e um grupo mais tradicional, que se preocupa com a TI, porém de maneira menos ativa. No processo de alinhamento, ficou evidenciada a importância de uma equipe de gerentes proficiente que se esmera em dialogar, buscando soluções de TI em sintonia com as estratégias de negócio da firma. Como extensão do estudo, é sugerida uma pesquisa que inclua o mercado sucroalcooleiro nacional ao universo de investigação.

Analysis of the importance of ethanol technology for the development of the business platform from sugarcane in Brazil

Based on the complementarities characteristic of the Brazilian sugarcane industry resides the principal aim of this work is the study of the relationship and significance of the ethanol technology in the development of a business platform in the Brazilian sugarcane market. As for design methodology, this article was developed from theuse of qualitative research by applying the grounded theory. The data collecting for this work came out two different forms but realized jointly, according to the necessities. At first a data survey was made in secondary sources and later, as second part of the data collecting, interviews in depth were made to widen the knowledge about the studied matter and furnish subsidies for the proposed theory.The results showed that the exchanges of information between the various organizations that market share of sugar cane in Brazil are structured around the concepts of platform business. This structure of complementarities enabled the development of several innovations in such as: transgenic sugarcane, dry steam, energy, optimization of the factories, motor fuel with the same ethanol and gasoline consumption, biodegradation plastic from ethanol, production of transgenic cane saplings, bagasse gasification, ethanol from cellulose, better adaptable machines,combustible cells and gasoline and diesel from cane. Key words: Business platform, ethanol, innovation, sugarcane, technology.

Sugarcane Marketing Systems in India

Development of vacuum pan processes of sugar manufacturing in India from sugarcane is only 108 years old. Marketing of sugarcane has since been regulated in an organized sector for supply and manufacturing of sugar, a number of regulatory laws have been effective in the country from time to time and how they have effected the supply of cane in crushing season for the quality and quantity production of sugar, has been discussed in details along with suggestion and scope of improvement in the field of trade, commerce and economics of the sugarcane farming community in general. India is a country of wide range of climatic fluctuations, the temperature ranges from 4 to 40°C impacting growth, maturity and post harvest quality of sugarcane. The environmental and geographical conditions of specific areas also affect the sugarcane production and sugar recovery. The peninsular areas of southern and western states and Indo-Gangetic plain of northern states, have dense areas of sugarcane production. Maximum sugar factories are located in these areas. It is also discussed how their marketing is being regulated by the government policies that impact the sugar production and economy in different states. These states have a wide range of tropical & sub-tropical climate. Possible policy reform at various stages of sequential events from production of raw material to processing of sugarcane, have also been discussed.

PENGARUH KEBIJAKAN PEMASARAN GULA TERHADAP PENAWARAN DAN HARGA DOMESTIK GULA INDONESIA

Marketing of sugar cane in three periods 1971-2005 ( Bulog, free trade and import controls ) has received government intervention especially on supply and domestic prices. The purpose of this research is to find out influencing factors on supply, production, imports and domestic price of sugar cane and its trend in the future. Descriptive analysis is used as well as autoregressive model (ARI) and trend analysis. The result showed that the area’s sugar cane crop has high contribution to the production and supply of sugar cane in Indonesia. Sugar imports are influenced by the marketing policy of tree trade and import control period, the gap between consumption and production. Domestic production and exchange rates influenced domestic of sugar in the period of Bulog and import controls. Sugar marketing policy did not influence the effectiveness of production and supply of cane sugar in Indonesia. Import control period had a positive effect for domestic prices, yet have not managed the amount of sugar imports. In addition to price and tariff policy to protect the cane sugar producers in the country, it can be realized by on farm increasing intensification and extension as well as further optimization of the sugar factory.

Credit and Marketing of Sugarcane: A Field Study of Two Villages in Western Uttar Pradesh

'The aim of this study is to examine sugarcane cultivating peasants frorn two villages1 in Muzaffarnagar in western Uttar Pradesh, India, in order to investigate the access to credit and markets. This is an attempt to analyse the impact of new technology and the developrnent of capitalist relations in Indian agriculture. On the basis of a differentiated peasantry we have noted what the differential dynamics of commercialisation entails for different section of peasantry and its overall macro-economics consequences (Byres, 1981). Our hypothesis is that new technology on sugarcane production has differential impact on different classes of peasantry and access to credit and markets which has created an advantageous position for peasants with resources and, therefore, they are in a better position to accumulate and diversify. Our study covers the sources of credit for the sample households and various aspects of marketing of sugarcane. We show that the large landholders (see Appendix) enjoy greater access to formal or institutional credit provided by the government, While the small landholders largely rely on informal credit. We also show that in the 'advanced' village, the landlords are a major source of private credit, while in the 'less-developed' village the shopkeepers are still the major source of credit. The imporrtant questions asked were: From whom do these households obtain informal credit, and what are the mechanisms of their indebtedness? The answers to these questions are fundamentally important for our understanding of the local economy. We also show that the large landholders sell a bigger proportion of their cultivated cane to the mill, while the small peasants sell a smaller proportion to the mill. It seems important for our analysis to take into account marketing of the cane and how different outlets of marketing can bring different returns to the peasants. The greater part of the cane cultivated by the peasants in both the villages studied is sold. There are three major buyers of the cane: sugar mills, sulphurs, and kolhos. Sugar is