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Key facts
- Agricultural production.year
- 2022
- Agricultural production.plant
- sugarcane
- Agricultural production.amount1
- 724.4
- Agricultural production.amount2
- 439.4
- Agricultural production.amount3
- 103.4
- Agricultural production.amount4
- 92.1
- Agricultural production.amount5
- 88.0
- Agricultural production.amount6
- 55.3
- Agricultural production.amount7
- 35.0
- Agricultural production.amount8
- 32.4
- Agricultural production.amount9
- 31.5
- Agricultural production.amount10
- 28.7
Article
28 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Characteristics
- History
- Cultivation
- Pests
- Pathogens
- Nitrogen fixation
- Conditions for sugarcane workers
- Processing
- Milling
- Refining
- Ribbon cane syrup
- Production
- Environmental impacts
- Soil degradation and erosion
- Habitat destruction
- Mitigation efforts
- Ethanol
- Bagasse applications
- Electricity production
- Biogas production
- Sugarcane as food
- Sugarcane as feed
- Gallery
- See also
- References
- Sources
- External links
thumb|Saccharum officinarum
Sugarcane or sugar cane is a species of tall, perennial grass (in the genus Saccharum, tribe Andropogoneae) that is used for sugar production. The plants are 2–7 m (6–20 ft) tall with stout, jointed, fibrous stalks that are rich in sucrose, which accumulates in the stalk internodes. Sugarcanes belong to the grass family, Poaceae, an economically important flowering plant family that includes maize, wheat, rice, and sorghum, and many forage crops. It is native to New Guinea.