Claim · model-written summary
A decrease in sugarcane yield may financially challenge many mills.
Verbatim
e0“similar to that expected in most sugarcane producing nations”
e2“Capacity within the sugar industry value chain is considered sufficient to absorb an increase in yield, but a decrease may financially challenge many mills”
Title
S. Park; Mark Howden; Heidi Horan XXVI Congress, International Society of Sugar Cane Technologists, ICC, Durban, South Africa, 29 July - 2 August, 2007. 2007
Other claims from this paper (8)
- Observation The greatest climate change impacts are likely to fall on the grower sector of the sugarcane industry.
- Observation Industry capacity is considered sufficient to absorb an increase in sugarcane yield.
- Observation Sugarcane productivity gains or losses depend ultimately on resource availability, particularly water.
- Association Simulated sugarcane yield losses are likely greater in the cooler southern regions because of increased water stress.
- Observation The vast majority of stakeholder-identified adaptation strategies were extensions and enhancements of current sugarcane production practices.
- Intervention effect Planting earlier than presently practised in the south is projected to increase sugarcane yield potential marginally.
- Intervention effect A delay in planting in the north may increase sugarcane productivity by 2030.
- Recommendation Collaborative research with stakeholders and an eco-physiological model can help identify critical areas of sugarcane climate change impact.