University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore

Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-227) and index.

Sugar -- History of sugar production -- Sugar products -- Sugar consumption and human health -- Cultivation and Processing of Sugar Crops -- Sugarcane -- Sugar beet -- Processing of sugar crops -- A Summary of the Environmental Impacts of Cultivation of Sugarcane and Sugar Beet -- Impacts on biodiversity -- Impacts on water -- Impacts on soils -- Impacts on air quality -- A Summary of the Environmental Impacts of Sugar Processing -- Impacts on biodiversity -- Impacts on water -- Impacts on soils -- Impacts on air quality -- Positive Environmental Aspects of Sugar Production -- Crop characteristics -- By-products of sugar production -- Environmental Health Considerations -- Energy Efficiency -- Reducing the Environmental Impacts of Sugar Production -- Broad Measures to Reduce Multiple Environmental Impacts -- Appropriate planning can minimize environmental impacts -- Appropriate management can minimize environmental impacts without compromising productivity and efficiency -- Regulation and the propagation of best management practices -- Alternative systems of production-precision, integrated and organic agriculture -- Appropriate use of fertilizers and agrochemicals -- More Specific Measures to Reduce Multiple Environmental Impacts -- Tillage -- Mulching and the cultivation of catch/cover crops -- Fertilizers -- Pesticides -- Integrated pest management and biological control -- Appropriate harvest operations -- Water Consumption -- Sugarcane Cultivation -- Irrigation in the Cultivation of Sugarcane.

"This book will be of significant interest to policymakers, industry practitioners and researchers in sugar, crop, soil, water and environmental sciences."--Jacket.