SUGARCANE IN THE PHILIPPINES 

   On about 450,000 hectares, this is more than half of the land surface of Negros,

 is grown sugarcane. About 60% of the Philippine sugar production comes from

     the island Negros. Strongholds of the sugar industry are in Victorias and

Binalbagan where also the biggest sugar refineries are.
Sacadas one calls the workers which the sugarcane harvest.
     Harvest season is from October to May. The shrubs must be cut with a sharp knife 

      briefly above the surface of the earth. This is a very heavy work in bent down position.
The sugar export goes to many countries of the earth till the USA and Canada.

 Beside sugarcane rice, maize and bananas are still grown. Moreover, different

products from the cultivation are won by coconut trees.

    From meaning is also the fish-processing industry.The distance between arm

                and empire is coined on Negros very much. A rich upper class makes good

profit and the rural population often lives in poverty.

 The island of Negros is known as the sugar basket of the Philippines. More than

   the available agricultural land in the lowlands is devoted to sugarcane cultivation.

The social and ecological problems associated with monoculture sugarcane

  production are pervasive on the island. Negros became infamous in the 1980s

   when the collapse of the sugar industry led to the starvation of thousands of sugar

 workers and their families. Today, much of the landscape of Negros remains in

  monoculture sugarcane production under the control of wealthy plantation owners

known as hacienderos. 

                        Sugarcane belongs to the grass family (Poaceae), an economically

     important seed plant family that includes maize, wheat, rice, and          

many forage crops. The main product of sugarcane is sucrose,

which accumulates in the stalk internodes. Sucrose, extracted and

purified in specialized mill factories, is used as raw material in human 

 food industries or is fermented to produce ethanol. Ethanol is produced

on a large scale by the Brazilian sugarcane industry.

                         The world demand for sugar is the primary driver of sugarcane

                         agriculture. Cane accounts for 80% of sugar produced; most of

                            the rest is made from sugar beets. Sugarcane predominantly

                         grows in the tropical and subtropical regions, and sugar beet

                         predominantly grows in colder temperate regions of the world.

                         Other than sugar, products derived from sugarcane include 

                        falernum molasses, rum, cachaça (a traditional spirit from Brazil),

                        bagasse and ethanol. In some regions, people use sugarcane

                        reeds to make pens, mats, screens, and thatch. The young

                       unexpanded inflorescence of tebu telor is eaten raw, steamed

                       or toasted, and prepared in various ways in certain island

                         communities of Indonesia