Sentences with phrase «uses of sugarcane»

SFC was established in 1976 as a joint venture between the University of the West Indies in Trinidad and McGill University in Canada; the goal of the center was to research various uses of sugarcane and other agricultural byproducts.

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Much of the ETBE used in Japan is already made in the United States using Brazilian sugarcane ethanol, so the new rules should make it easy for producers to switch quickly to U.S. corn - based sources.
Sugarcane adds a hint of sweetness and an authentic touch, but wooden skewers make a fine stand - in — just soak them in water for 20 minutes before using.
SFC also has used dasheen — a root crop of sugarcane that extracts nutrients from the soil and liquid in which it is placed — in its aquaculture research.
The markers have also been used to produce a detailed map of the sugarcane genome that shows how the genes are linked to each other.
In a recent study, we found that use of this engineered sugarcane could yield more than 2,500 liters of bio-jet fuel per acre of land.
8 Sugarcane Charcoal In Haiti, most people cook using charcoal made from wood, but the country is now 98 percent deforested due largely to mismanagement of resources.
Environmentalists have also become critical of using corn, sugarcane and other agricultural crops because they typically need lots of fresh water, fossil fuel — rich fertilizer and land to grow.
Depending on the nature of plant - growth environment for sugarcane or beet root, sugarcane and / or beet molasses used in the fermentation process, may be highly concentrated in harmful things like insecticides etc..
Each of the brand's products is full of plant - based squalane derived from sugarcane and used to provide additional hydration to the skin.
Especially in South America, sugarcane (which is what is actually farmed) is trading more and more like an oil proxy because of the significant use of sugar ethanol as a fuel substitute.
The shared history of the two islands goes back many years to when Arubans used to go to Cuba in search of opportunity in the sugarcane fields.
Green house gases emissions in the production and use of ethanol from sugarcane in Brazil: The 2005/2006 averages and a prediction for 2020
Jones, M.R., A. Singels, and A.C. Ruane, 2015: Simulated impacts of climate change on water use and yield of irrigated sugarcane in South Africa.
Biomass are plants (like hemp, corn, sugarcane) grown to generate electricity or produce biofuel, plus plant or animal matter used for production of fibers, chemicals, or heat.
Moreover, planting hemp arguably represents a more efficient use of land and resources than corn or sugarcane.
Next up, Brazil, a land of cars running on flex fuels using sugarcane ethanol; then it's on to the gas - guzzling city of Houston, which under the leadership of Mayor Annise Parker is working to support e-vehicles and get fifty percent of its power from wind by 2030.
Late last month, Amyris Biotechnologies opened a plant in Campinas, Brazil, to demonstrate large - scale production of hydrocarbons from sugarcane processed using its engineered microbes.
Brazil is attractive to Amyris because it is the second - largest producer of ethanol in the world; while the company will make hydrocarbons, not ethanol, it will use the country's existing infrastructure for growing and processing sugarcane.
Though sugar is refined from both sugarcane and beets, cane sugar is preferred — accounting for about 70 percent of the world's sugar supply — and it is the molasses left over from this process that most rum makers use.
Bailey said that Brazil's biofuel programme would be less controversial than America's, as the price of sugarcane is not strongly correlated to the world prices of staple foods and Brazil had extensive arable land not being used to full capacity.
The Program for Sustainable Production of Palm Oil, announced today by Brazilian President Lula da Silva, is novel in its approach to protecting standing forests while allowing cultivation in areas that have been deforested in the past, namely for use as short - lived sugarcane plantations or lumber operations.
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