Climate Change and Sugarcane Production: Potential Impact and Mitigation Strategies
Table 2
Maximum, minimum, and mean cane yields and coefficient of variation (CV) across last 41 years (1973–2013) for the world top 10 sugarcane production countries. The slope and values of linear regression cane yield and year for each country are listed in the table.
Country
Maximum
Minimum
Mean
CV
Slope
(Mg ha−1)
(Mg ha−1)
(Mg ha−1)
(%)
(Mg ha−1 yr−1)
Brazil
80.26
46.48
64.92
14.33
0.75
0.93
India
76.53
49.11
62.41
11.48
0.49
0.68
China
74.93
39.18
59.16
15.98
0.67
0.73
Thailand
76.20
30.14
53.93
20.42
0.70
0.58
Pakistan
57.23
31.57
44.19
15.48
0.50
0.76
Mexico
78.16
62.68
71.11
6.00
0.22
0.40
Colombia
101.81
57.23
84.87
10.68
0.45
0.36
Indonesia
149.02
55.17
84.08
26.57
−1.60
0.73
Philippines
96.52
58.59
74.27
11.94
0.25
0.12
USA
89.98
69.90
78.99
5.71
−0.14
0.14
World total
71.77
53.76
62.49
8.68
0.45
0.95
Data source: FAO of the United Nations (FAOSTAT) and Factfish [13, 14].
