DIFFERENT ASPECTS IN SUGARCANE MATURITY CURVE AND HARVEST SCHEDULE – A Review

Abstract

Agriculture is the backbone of India. Almost all farmers facing problems of labour shortage. The demand for agricultural products and labour wages are increasing day by day in the todays increasing copetative world. sugar cane harvesting is labour –intensive activity in which workers become fatigued after manually cutting the cane for a long hours. They need frequent rest, experience sustained injuries from excessive stress on the joints and muscles of the body. Harvest scheduling practice is a direct impact on net farm returns. Sugarcane crops have distinct sucrose maturation curves, which vary up or down from year to year depending upon the climatic factors. A study was conducted on a commercial sugarcane farms to predict sugar per acre across the harvest season. Optimal adjustment of harvest of individual fields resulted in increased sugar yield per acre and total farm net returns.