| Top ten sugarcane producers — 2009 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Country | Production (Tons) |
Footnotes |
| Brazil | 672,157,000 | |
| India | 285,029,000 | |
| People's Republic of China | 116,251,272 | |
| Thailand | 66,816,400 | |
| Pakistan | 50,045,400 | |
| Mexico | 49,492,700 | |
| Colombia | 38,500,000 | F |
| Philippines | 32,500,000 | F |
| Australia | 30,284,000 | |
| Argentina | 29,000,000 | F |
| World | 1,743,068,525 | F,A |
| P = official figure, F = FAO estimate, * = Unofficial/Semi-official/mirror data, C = Calculated figure A = Aggregate (may include official, semi-official or estimates); Source: Food And Agricultural Organization of United Nations: Economic And Social Department: The Statistical Division |
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Brazil led the world in sugarcane production in 2010 with a 719,157,000 tons harvest. India was the second largest producer with 277,750,000 tons, and China the third largest producer with 111,454,000 tons harvest.
The average worldwide yield of sugarcane crops in 2010 was 70.7 tons per hectare. The most productive farms in the world were in Peru with a nationwide average sugarcane crop yield of 125.5 tons per hectare.
The theoretical possible yield for sugar cane, according to 1983 study of Duke, is about 280 metric tons per hectare per year, and small experimental plots in Brazil have demonstrated yields of 236-280 metric tons of fresh cane per hectare. The most promising region for high yield sugarcane production were in sun drenched, irrigated farms of northern Africa, and other deserts with plentiful water from river or irrigation canals.
In the United States, sugarcane is grown commercially in Florida, Hawaii, Louisiana, and Texas.
Brazil uses sugarcane to produce sugar and ethanol for gasoline-ethanol blends (gasohol), a locally popular transportation fuel. In India, sugarcane is used to produce sugar, jaggery and alcoholic beverages.
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