Profitability of Sugarcane Production and Its Contribution to Farm Income of Farmers in Kaduna State, Nigeria

Sulaiman, Muhammad; Abdulsalam, Z.; Damisa, M. A.

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“…Sugarcane is not only used for sugar production, but it is also becoming a major biofuel crop due to its exceptional dry matter yield. Several factors affect the production of sugarcane, including climate, soil type, crop management techniques, nutrient management (Kumar et al, 2023a), irrigation scheduling, and soil moisture availability during the growth phase (Sulaiman et al, 2015). Despite being a C 4 crop, sugarcane has a very high water requirement due to its long formative phase, during which it remains young and tender, as well as the hot and desiccating summer when evaporative demand is high (Wiedenfeld, 2000).…”

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Productivity, water use efficiency and soil properties of sugarcane as influenced by trash mulching and irrigation regimes under different planting systems in sandy loam soils

Kumar,

Sow,

Rana

et al. 2024

Front. Sustain. Food Syst.

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IntroductionIn the era of climate change, sugarcane used to face a problem associated with water shortage due to erratic rainfall patterns and lowered water tables. Improved water use efficiency using innovative crop management strategy is needed for sustainable sugarcane production. Trash mulching with different irrigation regimes can effectively modify the plant's hydrothermal micro-environment for increasing cane yield and water productivity.MethodsKeeping this in the background, a field experiment was conducted at Sugarcane Research Institute, RPCAU, Pusa, India, from 2016–17 to 2018–19 to investigate the effects of trash mulching and irrigation regimes on sugarcane productivity, water use efficiency (WUE) and soil properties in different planting systems. The field experiment comprised 12 treatments including four planting methods viz. conventional flat planting (CF; 75 cm row spacing) with trash mulching (6 t ha−1), CF planting (75 cm row spacing) without trash mulching (6 t ha−1), paired row trench (PT) planting (30: 120 cm row spacing) with trash mulching (6 t ha−1), PT planting (30: 120 cm row spacing) without trash mulching (6 t ha−1) and three irrigation schedules consisted of irrigation water (IW); cumulative pan evaporation (CPE) ratio of 0.60, 0.80, and 1.00 was laid out in strip plot design with three replications.Results and discussionThe cane yield (103.5 t ha−1) was found significantly higher in PT planting with trash mulching over the CF planting method with or without mulching. Concerning irrigation regimes using the IW/CPE ratio, it was found that the IW/CPE of 0.6 resulted in 16.9, 13.3% higher water-use efficiency, and 37.1, 40.7% higher water productivity over those under IW/CPE of 0.8, and 1.00, respectively. Furthermore, soil parameters like soil microbial biomass carbon (SMBC) and dehydrogenase activity were increased by 12.5, and 17.5 % due to trash mulching with trench planting as compared to those under conventional flat planting without mulching. The results suggest that planting sugarcane in paired rows and irrigation scheduling at 1.00 IW/CPE with the adoption of trash mulching practices is effective for increasing profitability by way of higher sugarcane productivity and water productivity and also in sustaining soil health.

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Productivity, water use efficiency and soil properties of sugarcane as influenced by trash mulching and irrigation regimes under different planting systems in sandy loam soils

Kumar,

Sow,

Rana

et al. 2024

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“…The vast production of sugarcane in Nigeria was reported in the Northern region and Nigeria noted to be the second largest sugarcane producing country in West Africa (Sulaiman et al, 2015). Also, soil conservation and organic matter enrichment through S. officinarum cultivation has also being reported (Bell et al, 2001).…”

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Varietal Effects on the Nutrient Composition of Saccharum Officinarum

Chuku¹,

Emiri²

2018

JAS

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Studies on the varietal effects on the nutrient composition of Saccharum officinarum were carried out in the Department of Plant Science and Biotechnology and the Food Science and Technology Laboratories in Rivers State University. The sugar components assessed were glucose, fructose and sucrose. Sucrose was highest in both varieties compared to others. Nevertheless, the yellow variety had higher total sugar content (82. 9±0.00). The assessment of mineral composition of S. officinarum showed that the red variety had higher values for all the parameters namely calcium, sodium, iron, chlorine, copper, phosphorus and magnesium with an exception in potassium, sulphur and carboxylic acid which were higher in the yellow variety. It was also observed that vitamins A and C values were higher in the red variety. The proximate analysis indicated that the red variety had higher values for carbonate ash, cane fibre, solid bagasse, soluble solid and salt. However, moisture (76.5±0.02), protein (0.71±0.01) and juice fibre (0.8±0.01) were higher in the yellow variety.

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“…From the coastal region where it was first introduced by European sailors in the 15 th century, the crop has spread to other parts of the country (Busari, 2004). However, much of the sugarcane production in Nigeria is in the northern region (Tiamiyu et al, 2013;Sulaiman et al, 2015). Currently, Nigeria is the second largest producer of sugarcane in West Africa after Ivory Coast and the 19 th in Africa (FAOSTAT, 2012;Sulaiman et al, 2015).…”

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“…However, much of the sugarcane production in Nigeria is in the northern region (Tiamiyu et al, 2013;Sulaiman et al, 2015). Currently, Nigeria is the second largest producer of sugarcane in West Africa after Ivory Coast and the 19 th in Africa (FAOSTAT, 2012;Sulaiman et al, 2015). However, the country depends largely on raw sugar import to meet domestic requirements (Gourichon, 2013;Sulaiman et al, 2015).…”

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“…Currently, Nigeria is the second largest producer of sugarcane in West Africa after Ivory Coast and the 19 th in Africa (FAOSTAT, 2012;Sulaiman et al, 2015). However, the country depends largely on raw sugar import to meet domestic requirements (Gourichon, 2013;Sulaiman et al, 2015). According to GAIN (2014) report, Nigeria is Africa's largest sugar importer.…”

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Nutritional and antimicrobial evaluation of Saccharum officinarum consumed in Calabar, Nigeria

Williams¹,

Onyenweaku²,

Atangwho³

2016

Afr. J. Biotechnol.

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Sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum) stem pulp is widely consumed in Nigeria as a snack mainly for sugar content and is believed to possess some remedy against infectious diseases. This study therefore quantitatively evaluated the nutritional and chemical composition of the sugarcane stem pulp with a view to validating this claim. The results of proximate composition indicate relatively high amount of moisture (71.91 ± 0.05%) and a low level of dry matter (28.09%) consisting of carbohydrate (58.55 ± 0.04 g/100 g), fibre (29.88 g/100 g), ash (6.69 g/100 g) and some mineral elements, implying an active role in nutrient supplementation. Generous amounts of phytochemical compounds such as alkaloids (8.07 ± 0.04 µg/100 g), saponins (5.57 ± 0.01 µg/100 g) and flavonoids (1.52 ± 0.02 µg/100 g); and mineral elements including magnesium (1.596 mg/100 g), potassium (0.639 mg/100 g), calcium (0.318 mg/100 g) and others in trace amounts were also obtained. .Antimicrobial results revealed that the sugarcane extract showed the highest growth inhibition against Staphylococcus aureus (8.67 -24.00 mm) among the bacterial isolates and C. albicans (6.00 -14.00 mm) for the fungal isolates studied. Data from the study suggest that sugarcane stem pulp could be suitable for use in rehydration and as a functional food plant. Also, the plant possesses some antimicrobial qualities which could be beneficial to both pharmaceutical and food industries.

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Profitability of Sugarcane Production and Its Contribution to Farm Income of Farmers in Kaduna State, Nigeria

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Productivity, water use efficiency and soil properties of sugarcane as influenced by trash mulching and irrigation regimes under different planting systems in sandy loam soils

Productivity, water use efficiency and soil properties of sugarcane as influenced by trash mulching and irrigation regimes under different planting systems in sandy loam soils

Varietal Effects on the Nutrient Composition of Saccharum Officinarum

Nutritional and antimicrobial evaluation of Saccharum officinarum consumed in Calabar, Nigeria

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