Journal articles: 'Sugar supply'

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Probst, Yasmine C., Alexis Dengate, Jenny Jacobs, Jimmy CY Louie, and Elizabeth K. Dunford. "The major types of added sugars and non-nutritive sweeteners in a sample of Australian packaged foods." Public Health Nutrition 20, no. 18 (August 30, 2017): 3228–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s136898001700218x.

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AbstractObjectiveLimiting the intake of added sugars in the diet remains a key focus of global dietary recommendations. To date there has been no systematic monitoring of the major types of added sugars used in the Australian food supply. The present study aimed to identify the most common added sugars and non-nutritive sweeteners in the Australian packaged food supply.DesignSecondary analysis of data from the Australian FoodSwitch database was undertaken. Forty-six added sugars and eight non-nutritive sweetener types were extracted from the ingredient lists of 5744 foods across seventeen food categories.SettingAustralia.SubjectsNot applicable.ResultsAdded sugar ingredients were found in 61 % of the sample of foods examined and non-nutritive sweetener ingredients were found in 69 %. Only 31 % of foods contained no added sugar or non-nutritive sweetener. Sugar (as an ingredient), glucose syrup, maple syrup, maltodextrin and glucose/dextrose were the most common sugar ingredient types identified. Most Australian packaged food products had at least one added sugar ingredient, the most common being ‘sugar’.ConclusionsThe study provides insight into the most common types of added sugars and non-nutritive sweeteners used in the Australian food supply and is a useful baseline to monitor changes in how added sugars are used in Australian packaged foods over time.

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Hill, L. M., and S. Rawsthorne. "Carbon supply for storage-product synthesis in developing seeds of oilseed rape." Biochemical Society Transactions 28, no. 6 (December 1, 2000): 667–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.1042/bst0280667.

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The aim of this work was to find out how the sugars in the endosperm of oilseed rape contribute to the flux of oil synthesis. While the hexose content of the liquid endosperm decreased during development the sucrose content increased. It is important to understand the relative rates of use of the endosperm sugars for two reasons. Firstly we need to know which sugars are used, and at what stages in development, in order to understand the roles of enzymes involved in their metabolism. Secondly, changes in sugar concentration have been implicated in the regulation of expression of genes determining storage-product synthesis [see Weber, Borisjuk and Wobus (1997) Trends Plant Sci. 2, 169–174, for review]. The rate of consumption of sugar is one factor governing its concentration. We present data showing both the concentration-dependence of conversion of sugar to oil, and the in vivo concentrations of sugars; we relate these data sets to each other and discuss the effects of the intracellular pool of sucrose. Glucose, fructose and sucrose are all substrates for oil synthesis, but the rates of their use (particularly sucrose) are underestimated because of dilution by sucrose from the intracellular pool.

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MH, Dr Karim, Seied Beniamin Hosseini, Dr Ayesha Farooq, Dr Ayesha Farooq, Somayeh Kouchak Zadeh, and Dr Mahboubeh Delfin. "A Study on Causal Relationship Between Sugar Beet Supply and Sugar Price - Sustainability Issues and Opportunities." GIS Business 14, no. 6 (December 6, 2019): 445–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.26643/gis.v14i6.13581.

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Sugar Beet is one of the essential sources of energy. However, most of the division in Iran supply sugar beet through domestic production. The present study is going to investigate the causal relationship between sugar beet supply and sugar price in Iran between the year 1995 to 2016. By Applying the Johansen-Juselius cointegration method along with Granger causality test. Besides, this research going to analyse the causal relationship between sugar beet supply and sugar price by considering the sustainability issues and opportunities. However, The result of the Johansen-Juselius cointegration test shows that there is a positive long-term co-integration relationship between variables. Although According to the GC test, there is a causal relationship between sugar beet supply and sugar price. Also result of the vector error correction model represents that sugar price has a significant impact on sugar beet supply which indicates that every increase and decrease in sugar price reflect on sugar beet production. Therefore, the necessity of an appropriate policy-making and proper planning for sugar beet production has been bolded.

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Lothier, Jérémy, Bertrand Lasseur, Marie-Pascale Prud'homme, and Annette Morvan-Bertrand. "Hexokinase-dependent sugar signaling represses fructan exohydrolase activity in Lolium perenne." Functional Plant Biology 37, no. 12 (2010): 1151. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/fp10086.

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Defoliation of perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.) by grazing animals leads to fructan mobilisation via an increase of fructan exohydrolase (FEH) activity. To highlight the regulation of fructan metabolism in perennial ryegrass, the role of sugars as signalling molecules for regulation of FEH activity after defoliation was evaluated. We used an original approach in planta by spraying stubble of defoliated plants (sugar starved plants) during 24 h with metabolisable sugars (glucose, fructose, sucrose) and sugar analogues (3-O-methylglucose, mannose, lactulose, turanose, palatinose). Metabolisable sugar (glucose, fructose, sucrose) supply following defoliation led to the repression of FEH activity increase. The supply of mannose, which is phosphorylated by hexokinase but not further metabolisable, led to the same repressive effect, whereas 3-O-methylglucose, which is not a substrate for hexokinase, had no effect. These results indicate that hexoses could be sensed by hexokinase, triggering a chain of events leading to the repression of FEH activity. By contrast, it was not possible to determine the role of sucrose as a signal since the supply of sucrose analogues (lactulose, turanose and palatinose) enhanced internal hexose content.

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Lakhno, Yu V. "Pricing in Russia’s sugar supply chains." Studies on Russian Economic Development 23, no. 4 (July 2012): 425–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.1134/s1075700712040077.

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Doronin, Andriy, and Vitaly Rybchak. "Diversification trends of the supply of Ukraine’ sugar-mills." Turystyka i Rozwój Regionalny, no. 6 (January 16, 2012): 13–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.22630/tirr.2016.6.17.

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The evaluation of the production efficiency of sugar beets and sugar in Ukraine for the period of 2001–1015 was made. The preconditions of negative changes in the sugar branch were studied. A polynomial model which describes the yielding capacity level of sugar beets in Ukraine in 1913–2015 has been worked out; the prediction of sugar beet yield for the year of 2017 has been made and its increase by 28% is expected. Diversification trends of the supply of sugar-mills which will favour the efficiency enhancement of sugar beet production have been explained. The ways of the efficiency enhancement of sugar beet production to ensure stable business development in the branch which requires active government support of producers have been identified.

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Russell, Cherie, Sarah Dickie, Phillip Baker, and Mark Lawrence. "Does the Australian Health Star Rating System Encourage Added Sugar Reformulation? Trends in Sweetener Use in Australia." Nutrients 13, no. 3 (March 10, 2021): 898. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu13030898.

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Dietary risk factors, including excess added sugar intake, are leading contributors to Australia’s burden of disease. An objective of the Australian Health Star Rating (HSR) system is to encourage the reformulation of packaged foods. Manufacturers may improve a product’s HSR by replacing added sugar with non-nutritive sweeteners (NNS). Concerns have been raised regarding the potential substitution effects of ultra-processed foods containing NNS for whole foods, and the long-term impact this may have on population health. The aim of this study was to determine whether the implementation of the HSR system has impacted the use of added sugars and NNS in the food supply. Four product categories were used: products with no added sweetener, products containing added sugar only, products containing NNS only, and products containing a combination of added sugar and NNS. Of 6477 newly released products analyzed displaying a HSR in Australia between 2014–2020, 63% contained added sugars. The proportion of new products sweetened with added sugars increased over time, while NNS use did not, despite a higher average and median HSR for products sweetened with NNS. These findings suggest that at the current time, the HSR system may not discourage the use of added sugars in new products or incentivize the reformulation of added sugar with NNS. As the health risks of NNS are questioned, increased reformulation of products with NNS to reduce the presence of added sugar in the food supply may not address broader health concerns. Instead, supporting the promotion of whole foods and drinks should be prioritized, as well as policy actions that reduce the proliferation and availability of UPFs.

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Rumánková, Lenka, and Luboš Smutka. "Global sugar market – the analysis of factors influencing supply and demand." Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis 61, no. 2 (2013): 463–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.11118/actaun201361020463.

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This article deals with an analysis of the world sugar market, and specifically focuses on the supply and demand of refined sugar and their main determinants. The article first identifies the main determinants of the world supply of and demand for sugar, and further, their effect on such variables is quantified. Further, the component correlations on the selected market are analyzed. This consists of the identification of the factors affecting the production of refined sugar, as one of the main elements of the supply of sugar, as well as an analysis of the world price of sugar, as one of the significant factors affecting the world sugar market. The said correlations are quantified with the utilization of regression analysis on the basis of time series of the individual variables within the years 1980–2010. On the basis of the conducted analysis, the main determinants of the sugar supply on the world market within the analyzed period, for which an effect has been established both from an economic viewpoint, as well as from a statistical viewpoint, can be considered to be sugar reserves, its price and the acreage of sugarcane. The main determinant of the demand for sugar is, according to the conducted analysis, the global GDP on a new value level, as well as converted to one inhabitant. Further, the analysis also established the effect of the price of sugar and its reserves on the world production of refined sugar, and, last but not least, also the long-term tendency in the development of the world price of sugar. The analysis has proven significant influence of refined sugar supply, reserves of refined sugar, its price and area of sugar cane on sugar supply. Then, the analysis detected GDP as the main determinant of the sugar demand and the long memory in sugar prices. Finally, the influence of delayed price, reserves and delayed reserves on production has been proven.

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Kumar, Rupesh, and Surendra Kansara. "Information technology barriers in Indian sugar supply chain: an AHP and fuzzy AHP approach." Benchmarking: An International Journal 25, no. 7 (October 1, 2018): 1978–91. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/bij-01-2017-0004.

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to find out possible barriers of information technology (IT) applications in the supply chain system of sugar industry in India. All these barriers have their strategic importance for serving the supply chain partners in better way and also help in improving the Indian agrarian economy. The study is a blend of theoretical and practical frameworks, which would focus on those key factors or IT barriers leading to implementation of IT in the sugar supply chain. Design/methodology/approach The paper is based on theoretical exploration of potential barriers IT applications in the supply chain system of sugar industry in India and prioritizing these barriers by employing multi-criteria decision-making approach. Findings The findings of this paper are identification of barriers of IT applications in the supply chain system of sugar industry in India, and ranking of these barriers in terms of its severity. Research limitations/implications Potential barriers of IT applications in the supply chain system of sugar industry in India considered in to the study are 11 in total. There can be more barriers of IT applications in the supply chain system. Originality/value This study reveals the application of analytic hierarchy process (AHP) and fuzzy AHP to Indian sugar industry for prioritizing the IT barriers which influence the sugar supply chain.

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Dai, Zhan Wu, Philippe Vivin, Thierry Robert, Sylvie Milin, Shao Hua Li, and Michel Génard. "Model-based analysis of sugar accumulation in response to source - sink ratio and water supply in grape (Vitis vinifera) berries." Functional Plant Biology 36, no. 6 (2009): 527. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/fp08284.

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The dynamics of sugar (hexose) concentration in ripening grape berries (Vitis vinifera L.) were simulated with a refined mechanistic model. Changes in sugar concentration were reproduced by the sum of sugar import (S), sugar metabolism (M) and water budget (W). S and W were derived from model inputs of fresh and dry mass, and M was simulated with a relative metabolism rate describing the depletion of hexose. The relative metabolism rate was associated with the relative growth rate of dry mass with a coefficient (k) that was constant for a given cultivar under various growth conditions (temperature, water supply, and source–sink ratio) but varied with genotype. The k value was ~20% higher for cv. Merlot than for cv. Cabernet Sauvignon, indicating more imported sugars would be depleted by Merlot than Cabernet Sauvignon. The model correctly simulated the negative effect of lowered leaf-to-fruit ratio and the positive effect of water shortage on sugar concentration. Sensitivity analysis revealed that the present model was weakly sensitive to k because of sugar accumulation being predominantly controlled by S, with M relatively small (~20%) with respect to the increment of sugar concentration. Model simulation indicated that the decreasing leaf-to-fruit ratio reduced S more than M and W, causing a net decrease in sugar concentration. In contrast, the water shortage decreased S less than M and W, resulting in a net increase in sugar concentration.

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Hafner, Edvina, Maša Hribar, Hristo Hristov, Anita Kušar, Katja Žmitek, Mark Roe, and Igor Pravst. "Trends in the Use of Low and No-Calorie Sweeteners in Non-Alcoholic Beverages in Slovenia." Foods 10, no. 2 (February 10, 2021): 387. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/foods10020387.

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Excessive sugar intake and the associated increased obesity risk indicate that food reformulation is needed. Non-alcoholic beverages are often high in free sugars, making reformulation with low and no-calorie sweeteners (LNCS) a common choice. Our knowledge of the use of LNCS in the European food supply is, however, very limited. This study aimed to evaluate the trends in the use of LNCS in different non-alcoholic beverages in the Slovenian food supply over the course of two years. We assessed which LNCS are most used and how the use of LNCS affects energy and sugar content. We analyzed labeling information of non-alcoholic beverages in selected grocery stores, covering the majority of the Slovenian food supply. Selected grocery stores were located in the capital city (Ljubljana). LNCS were present in 13.2% and 15.5% of non-alcoholic beverages in the years 2017 and 2019, respectively. The use of LNCS has significantly increased only in energy drinks (p < 0.01). The most used LNCS in 2017 were acesulfame K, aspartame, and cyclamates. In 2019 the use of sucralose increased significantly (p < 0.01) to become the second most used LNCS. Energy and sugar content varied between subcategories, which depended on the presence of added sugar and LNCS. Comparison between the energy value and the presence of the LNCS showed an almost 50% lower energy content of beverages containing both added sugar and LNCS (E2017 = 92.8 kJ; E2019 = 96.2 kJ per 100 mL), compared with beverages with only added sugar (E2017 = 161.8 kJ; E2019 = 159.0 kJ per 100 mL). In beverages sweetened only with LNCS, the difference was even more noticeable (E2017 = 22.3 kJ; E2019 = 14.3 kJ per 100 mL). Results show that the use of LNCS can help producers reduce the energy value of non-alcoholic beverages. Still, compared to other countries, the offer of such products in the Slovenian food supply is relatively low. However, due to possible public health risks of excessive use of LNCS, producers should be further encouraged for reformulation and production of less sweet products without LNCS, enabling consumers to adapt to less sweet taste of beverages. Further monitoring of LNCS in the food supply is therefore recommended, preferably also with consideration of sales data.

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Kangile, Joseph Rajabu, Zena Theopist Mpenda, Reuben M. J. Kadigi, and Charles Peter Mgeni. "The Effects of Trade Governance on Sugar Trade and Its Landscape of Policy Practices in Tanzania." SAGE Open 12, no. 3 (July 2022): 215824402211216. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/21582440221121603.

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Trade governance is important for the efficient implementation of trade policies that support and controls most of the global value chains (GVCs) trade in African countries. Poor trade governance leads to misalignment of trade policies and affects the sustainability of the agricultural commodities supply chains. This study used cross-sectional survey data of 375 randomly selected sugar supply chain actors in Tanzania to evaluate the level of trade governance in Tanzania and ascertain its effects on the sugar trade. Exploratory (factor analysis) and confirmatory (weighted least square regression) models were used for data analysis. The major findings are that governance affects the sugar trade with the magnitude of its effects being felt differently between farmers and traders. It shows further that abrupt trade policy change significantly ( p < .05) reduces sugar trade by almost half (47.7%) and lowers the overall level of efforts to invest within the sugar supply chain. Ensuring trade policies are stable and predictable will increase trade by allowing forward contracting and investments. It is also important to create awareness of institutions and organizations managing the sugar supply chain by encouraging transparency in trade policy administration and practices for improving trade governance.

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Halid, Amir, Amelia Murtisari, and Aguswanto Aguswanto. "Pengaruh Permintaan Masyarakat terhadap Pasokan Gula Pasir di Kota Gorontalo." Jurnal Perspektif Pembiayaan dan Pembangunan Daerah 2, no. 2 (December 19, 2014): 87–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.22437/ppd.v2i2.2260.

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Abstrak Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis permintaan dan pasokan gula pasir di Kota Gorontalo serta pengaruh permintaan konsumen terhadap pasokan gula pasir di Kota Gorontalo. Data yang digunakan adalah data sekunder bulanan selama Tahun 2012. Data diperoleh dari kantor dinas perindustrian, perdagangan, koperasi Kota Gorontalo dan BPS. Analis data yang digunakan yaitu analisis deskriptif dan regresi linier sederhana. Berdasarkan analisis regresi memperlihatkan bahwa terdapat pengaruh positif yang signifikan antara permintaan masyarakat terhadap gula pasir terhadap pasokan gula pasir di Kota Gorontalo.. Kata kunci : Pasokan, Gula Pasir, Permintaan, Konsumen. Abstract This study aims to analyze the demands and supply of sugar in Gorontalo city and to analyze the effect of consumer demand for the supply of sugar in the city of Gorontalo. The data used are secondary data monthly during 2012. Data were obtained from the offices of industry, trade, cooperatives and BPS Gorontalo city. Analysts data used are descriptive analysis and simple linear regression. Based on regression analysis showed that there is a significant positive effect between public demand for sugar to supply sugar in Gorontalo City. Keywords: Supply, Sugar, Demand, Consumer

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Asrol, M., and F. Purba. "Supply chain green productivity improvement for sugar industry." IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science 729, no. 1 (April 1, 2021): 012019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/729/1/012019.

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Green, William A. "Supply versus Demand in the Barbadian Sugar Revolution." Journal of Interdisciplinary History 18, no. 3 (1988): 403. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/203894.

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Kadwa, Muhammad, and Carel Nicolaas Bezuidenhout. "Modelling sugarcane supply consistency at a sugar mill." Computers and Electronics in Agriculture 111 (February 2015): 107–11. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compag.2014.12.019.

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Grunow, M., H. O. Günther, and R. Westinner. "Supply optimization for the production of raw sugar." International Journal of Production Economics 110, no. 1-2 (October 2007): 224–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpe.2007.02.019.

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Liu, Yan, Jia Chao Zhou, Na Sui, Tong Lou Ding, Xiao Dong Zhang, Jie Song, and Bao Shan Wang. "Effects of Salinity and Nitrate Nitrogen on Growth, Ion Accumulation, and Photosynthesis of Sugar Beet." Advanced Materials Research 726-731 (August 2013): 4371–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.726-731.4371.

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Effects of salinity and nitrate nitrogen (NO3--N) on growth, ion accumulation, chlorophyll content, chlorophyll fluorescence, and photosynthetic characteristics of sugar beet cultivar KWS3418 were investigated in a greenhouse experiment. Seedlings were exposed to 0 and 1% NaCl in 0.5, 5 or 10 mM NO3--N treatments for 25 days. The results showed that increasing NO3- supply improved shoot and root dry weights, decreased the Cl- concentration in leaves and roots regardless of NaCl concentration. Higher NO3--N supply also increased concentration of chlorophyll, net photosynthetic rate (Pn), actual PSII efficiency (ΦPSII) in leaves and soluble sugar concentration in roots. The results indicate that increasing NO3- supply can help sugar beet to mediate ion homeostasis, to increase the ability of photosynthesis, and subsequently to increase the growth under high salinity. The interactive effects of salinity and nitrate availability can significantly increase soluble sugar in roots of sugar beet.

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Blatt, Jasmina, and Flavio Roces. "Haemolymph sugar levels in foraging honeybees (Apis mellifera carnica): dependence on metabolic rate and in vivo measurement of maximal rates of trehalose synthesis." Journal of Experimental Biology 204, no. 15 (August 1, 2001): 2709–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.1242/jeb.204.15.2709.

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SUMMARY Previous investigations of haemolymph sugar levels in honeybees have reported very different results, probably because different experimental conditions affected the activity levels of the animals. The present study investigated the dependence of haemolymph sugar levels in foraging honeybees on metabolic rate and whether the haemolymph sugar level is regulated. Free-flying foraging bees were trained to collect controlled amounts of sucrose solution of different concentrations (15%, 30% or 50% sucrose w/w). Immediately after feeding, metabolic rate was measured over a given time depending on the sucrose concentration, then crop-emptying rate and haemolymph sugar levels were measured. Bees exhibiting a wide range of metabolic rates were compared to establish whether the observed differences in haemolymph sugar levels were due to limits in the supply of sugars from the crop or in the rate of trehalose synthesis in the fat bodies. Independent of the concentration of the sucrose solution supplied, haemolymph trehalose, glucose and fructose levels were constant for metabolic rates from 0 to 4.5mlCO2h−1. At higher metabolic rates, trehalose concentration decreased while that of glucose and fructose increased, with the exception of bees fed 15% sucrose solution. As the supply of sugar from the crop via the proventriculus was sufficient to support even the highest metabolic rates, the observed pattern must result from an upper limit in the capacity of the fat body to synthesise trehalose. The maximal rate of conversion of glucose to trehalose in the fat body was therefore calculated to average 92.4μgglucosemin−1. However, for bees fed 15% sucrose solution both the rate of conversion of glucose to trehalose and the rate of sugar transport from the crop to the ventricle were limited, together resulting in a decrease in total haemolymph sugar levels for metabolic rates higher than 5mlCO2h−1.

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King, RW, and LT Evans. "Shoot Apex Sugars in Relation to Long-Day Induction of Flowering in Lolium temulentum L." Functional Plant Biology 18, no. 2 (1991): 121. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/pp9910121.

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Inflorescence initiation in Lolium temulentum is induced by a single long day with a photoperiod extension of 16 h under low photon flux density (12 μmol PAR m-2 s-1) from incandescent lamps. Under these conditions the content of sucrose, the predominant free sugar in the shoot apex, fluctuates diurnally in the same way as in short day apices. There was no evidence of a greater apical sucrose content at any time during the long day or in the following period of high irradiance when floral evocation occurs. Thereafter, however, the diurnal fluctuation in apical sucrose content became more pronounced. Increasing the sugar supply to the apex by raising the photon flux density during the daily light period did not lead to flowering of non-induced plants; nor did the high contents of apical sugars reached in apices cultured in vitro on 5% sucrose medium. By contrast, when apices were excised after receipt of the floral stimulus from long day leaves, increase in the sugar content enhanced inflorescence development in vitro, this response being most pronounced after the inflorescences were initiated. Thus, floral evocation in L. temulentum does not require an increase in the content of sucrose at the apex although inflorescence development is highly responsive to it. When photoperiodic extensions with incandescent or fluorescent lamps were compared for their effects on apical sugars and flowering response, there was no interaction between light quality and photon flux density. Thus the shoot apex response to the low irradiance, photoperiodic time-measurement processes of leaves is distinct from the apical response to sugar supply. In Lolium temulentum floral evocation is controlled by the photoperiodic processes, the response to which is amplified by high sugar supplies but not replaced as it is in Sinapis alba.

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Ekawati, Ratna, Yandra Arkeman, Suprihatin Suprihatin, and Titi Candra Sunarti. "Implementation of ethereum blockchain on transaction recording of white sugar supply chain data." Indonesian Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science 29, no. 1 (January 1, 2022): 396. http://dx.doi.org/10.11591/ijeecs.v29.i1.pp396-403.

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The complex supply chain system for the sugar agroindustry supply chain involves many actors, resulting in the asymmetry of information data. It still leads to a lack of data transparency. In the past, data traceability could not be made efficient at every stage, so the record data transaction was not real-time, less accurate, and inefficient coordination between actors. Blockchain is one of the technologies in the 4.0 era as a distributed ledger technology. It can be transparency, traceability, security, immutability, and decentralization. This study aims to design a white sugar agroindustry system based on blockchain technology using the SDLC waterfall stage public. Ethereum is a proof-of-work convention based on the Ropsten test-net on the Metamask wallet. The sugar supply chain system that has been successfully developed allows consumers to track the purchased sugar products based on the transaction hash code sent by the seller. The data listed is the location of the plantation, the quantity (quintal) and quality of sugarcane (percentage), and the purchase price. A web-based blockchain application could be used as a model by national sugar factories to help them make enough sugar food for themselves.

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Amui, Lara Bartocci Liboni, Rudinei Toledo Junior, Michelle De Castro Carrijo, and Luciana Oranges Cezarino. "SUPPLY INDUSTRY DYNAMICS FOR BRAZILIAN SUGARCANE." Brazilian Journal of Operations & Production Management 12, no. 2 (December 28, 2015): 248. http://dx.doi.org/10.14488/bjopm.2015.v12.n2.a5.

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Sugarcane industry in Brazil is highly competitive in the production of ethanol, sugar and energy. This industrial competitiveness was also achieved through the development of the equipment involved in the production processes. The industry that supplies the equipment plays an important role in the competitiveness of sugarcane sector. This study seeks to analyze the organization and configuration of the equipment supply industries for sugar, ethanol and energy mills in Brazil. The study seeks to evaluate how innovation occurs in this sector, contributing to an important discussion about maintaining competitiveness and proposing a typology for this industry. The study is based on an analysis of information obtained through a set of interviews with leaders and entrepreneurs in the industry. The results allow us to conclude that the growing modernization of the sector will require greater efforts from the equipment industry to provide plants with necessary technological innovations and possible efficiency gains

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Szajner, Piotr. "Wahania cykliczne na światowym rynku cukru." Zeszyty Naukowe SGGW w Warszawie - Problemy Rolnictwa Światowego 19(34), no. 2 (June 28, 2019): 186–95. http://dx.doi.org/10.22630/prs.2019.19.2.34.

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In the economic history of the world, sugar is considered one of the first global products, and the supply-demand in the global market has had a major impact on the development of local markets. The Polish sugar sector has been under the influence of the world market for many years. The reform of the sugar market regulation system in the EU has made the EU and domestic markets increasingly dependent on the world market. The production potential of the domestic sugar industry is greater than the demand on the internal market and the excess supply is directed to exports. The global market is characterized by cyclical fluctuations, which are determined by the cyclical nature of sugar cane cultivation. The length of the business cycle has been reduced to 2-3 years. The world market prices affect domestic sales and export prices and the financial performance of the sugar industry.

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Ombódi, A., A. Lugasi, and L. Helyes. "Effect of water supply on sugar concentration of carrot." Acta Alimentaria 44, no. 4 (December 2015): 617–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.1556/aalim.2015.3333.

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DURRANT, M. J., and S. J. MASH. "Sugar-beet treatments, water supply and depth of sowing." Annals of Applied Biology 120, no. 1 (February 1992): 151–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1744-7348.1992.tb03412.x.

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Ioannou, George. "Streamlining the supply chain of the Hellenic sugar industry." Journal of Food Engineering 70, no. 3 (October 2005): 323–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2004.01.041.

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Higgins, A. J. "Optimizing cane supply decisions within a sugar mill region." Journal of Scheduling 2, no. 5 (September 1999): 229–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/(sici)1099-1425(199909/10)2:5<229::aid-jos29>3.0.co;2-l.

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Zhao, Yujing, Peng Ning, Xiaojie Feng, Hanshuo Ren, Mingtang Cui, and Lu Yang. "Characterization of Stem Nodes Associated with Carbon Partitioning in Maize in Response to Nitrogen Availability." International Journal of Molecular Sciences 23, no. 8 (April 15, 2022): 4389. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms23084389.

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Stem node has been found to be a hub for controlling mineral nutrient distribution in gramineous plants. However, the characteristics of stem nodes associated with whole-plant carbon partitioning in maize (Zea mays L.) and their responses to nitrogen (N) availability remains elusive. Maize plants were grown in greenhouse under low to high N supply. Plant growth, sugar accumulation, and sugar transporters in nodes and leaves, as well as the anatomical structure of nodes, were investigated at vegetative phase. When compared to N-sufficient plants, low-N availability stunted growth and resulted in 49–64% less sugars in leaves, which was attributed to low photosynthesis or the accelerated carbon export, as evidenced by more 13C detected further below leaf tips. Invariably higher sugar concentrations were found in the stem nodes, rather than in the leaves across N treatments, indicating a crucial role of nodes in facilitating whole-plant carbon partitioning. More and smaller vascular bundles and phloem were observed in stem nodes of N-deficient plants, while higher sugar levels were found in the bottom nodes than in the upper ones. Low-N availability upregulated the gene expressions of sugar transporters, which putatively function in nodes such as ZmSWEETs and ZmSUTs at the bottom stem, but suppressed them in the upper ones, showing a developmental impact on node function. Further, greater activity of sugar transporters in the bottom nodes was associated with less sugars in leaves. Overall, these results highlighted that stem nodes may play an important role in facilitating long-distance sugar transport in maize.

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Chernova, Olga, and Ali Baraa. "Strategic Factors of Sustainable Development of Sugar Production in the Southern Federal District." Regionalnaya ekonomika. Yug Rossii, no. 1 (April 2022): 160–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.15688/re.volsu.2022.1.15.

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The sugar industry plays an important role in the Russian economy and the southern Russian regions are the main producers of sugar in Russia (the Southern Federal District ranks the second in the production of white sugar). The specificity of sugar production is expressed in its high dependence on producers of beet raw materials, as well as in the presence of a significant amount of various types of waste, faces many problems of sustainable development in the sugar industry. The purpose of this article is to identify strategic factors for the sustainable development of sugar production, taking into account the challenges and threats of the new reality. In the study of strategic factors of sustainable development of the sugar industry, the authors identify demand factors and supply factors, as well as risk factors and stress factors. It is proved that the main threat to the sustainable development of the sugar industry is currently expressed in the risks of breaking supply chains in the conditions of the crisis caused by Coronavirus. This study focuses on the risk of stability reduction of the supply of beet raw materials. This risk is directly connected with the level of development of beet production in the region. As a result of the analysis, it was revealed that a decrease in the cultivated areas of sugar beet in the Southern Federal District is a stressful factor in the development of sugar industry. To solve this problem, state subsidies are proposed for projects for the development of abandoned agricultural land for beet cultivation. The solution of the problems of environmental sustainability growth of sugar production is associated with the circular economy models. It is concluded that the strategic factors of sustainable development of sugar industry in the South of Russia are directly connected with technological innovations in the agro-industrial sphere of the region, the implementation of which is largely determined by the level of state support for the industry.

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Bensassi, Sami, Preeya Mohan, and Eric Strobl. "A Storm in a Teacup? Hurricanes and Sugar Prices in the First Half of the Nineteenth Century." Weather, Climate, and Society 9, no. 4 (September 20, 2017): 753–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/wcas-d-17-0015.1.

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Abstract This paper investigates the impact of hurricanes in the Caribbean on sugar prices in Britain between 1815 and 1841. The authors expect the news of hurricanes arriving at British harbors to drive up sugar prices mainly because the market anticipated that the supply of sugar from the Caribbean colonies would drop dramatically in the near future. The econometric results suggest a significant rise in prices due to hurricanes. Moreover this study finds that the lag between the hurricane strike and its transmission into sugar prices on the London market decreased over the sample period. This latter result might be explained by the technological innovations marking this era, where technological progress in transport reduced the time required for information to cross the Atlantic, making markets more reactive to the news of supply shocks.

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Biraori Oteki, Evans. "E-Supplier Management Practices on Supply Chain Performance of Sugar Processing Firms in Kenya." International Journal of Managing Value and Supply Chains 12, no. 2 (June 30, 2021): 1–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.5121/ijmvsc.2021.12201.

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The purpose of this study was to establish the influence of electronic supplier management practices on supply chain performance of sugar processing firms. The target population is 7,584 employees of sugar processing firms in Kenya and Yamane Taro’s formula was applied to come up with a sample size of 379 respondents. Data was gathered by a questionnaire, interviews and observation. Correlation was used to determine the relationship between E-supplier management practices and Supply chain performance while regression analysis tested the hypothesis. The study established that E-supplier management practices enhances supply chain performance. Two kinds of supply chain are proposed; Managerial and demand. Managerial supply chain where as a result of electronic supplier management practice, flow of goods and services from the suppliers are properly managed through information sharing between the buyer-seller thus improved deliveries. Demand supply chain where as a result of electronic supplier management practice, buyers and suppliers tend to develop a single shared forecast of demand and a plan of supply in the sense that buyers issue order for only needed materials from the suppliers and that suppliers fulfills the orders as requested by the buyers. To ensure that the proposed supply chain under e-supplier management,it is recommended that Sugar processing firms’ management should ensure working Websites, working internal and external mail and also provide their suppliers with access credentials to company electronic procurement portal to increase buyer and supplier access to information to enhance E-supplier management practices.

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Lowery, Caitlin M., Mercedes Mora-Plazas, Luis Fernando Gómez, Barry Popkin, and Lindsey Smith Taillie. "Reformulation of Packaged Foods and Beverages in the Colombian Food Supply." Nutrients 12, no. 11 (October 24, 2020): 3260. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu12113260.

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Public discussion, advocacy, and legislative consideration of policies aimed at reducing consumption of processed foods, such as sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) taxes and mandatory front-of-package (FOP) warning labels, may stimulate product reformulation as a strategy to prevent regulation. In Colombia, there have been major legislative pushes for SSB taxes and FOP labels, although neither has passed to date. In light of the ongoing policy debate and successful implementation of similar policies in Peru and Chile, we explored manufacturer reformulation in the Colombian food supply. We compared the quantities of nutrients of concern (including sugar, sodium, and saturated fat) from the nutrition facts panels of the same 102 packaged foods and 36 beverages from the top-selling brands in Colombia between 2016 and 2018. Our analyses showed a substantial decrease in median sugar content of beverages, from 9.2 g per 100 mL to 5.2 g per 100 mL, and an increase in the percentage of beverages containing non-nutritive sweeteners (NNS), from 33% to 64% (p = 0.003). No meaningful changes in the quantities of nutrients of concern among foods were observed. Our findings suggest little reformulation has occurred in Colombia in the absence of mandatory policies, except for the substitution of sugar with NNS among beverages.

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Kusrini, E., V. N. Helia, and M. P. Maharani. "Supply Chain Performance Measurement Using Supply Chain Operation Reference (SCOR) in Sugar Company in Indonesia." IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering 697 (December 30, 2019): 012010. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1757-899x/697/1/012010.

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Baral, Nawa Raj, Ryan Davis, and Thomas H. Bradley. "Supply and value chain analysis of mixed biomass feedstock supply system for lignocellulosic sugar production." Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining 13, no. 3 (February 14, 2019): 635–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/bbb.1975.

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MacDonald, Scott B., and F. Joseph Demetrius. "The Caribbean Sugar Crisis: Consequences and Challenges." Journal of Interamerican Studies and World Affairs 28, no. 1 (1986): 35–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/165735.

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“Being in Sugar is like collecting Confederate currency”. This assessment, offered by anthropologist Sidney Mintz (1985), is shared by many sugar industry observers, insiders, and, increasingly, by many Caribbean officials. King sugar, instrumental in shaping the diverse political, economic, and social histories of the Caribbean since colonial times, confronts a seemingly intractable crisis: a severe, and sustained, disequilibrium between global demand and supply which makes export of sugar very unattractive. Except in those cases where preferential arrangements exist between producers and consumers-the Lomé Convention, the US sugar quota system, and the Soviet guaranteed purchase of Cuban sugar-world prices for sugar are at a record low, well below production costs.

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Furlan, Sandra A., and Heizir F. de Castro. "Xylitol production by Candida parapsilosis under fed-batch culture." Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology 44, no. 2 (June 2001): 125–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/s1516-89132001000200003.

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Xylitol production by Candida parapsilosis was investigated under fed-batch cultivation, using single (xylose) or mixed (xylose and glucose) sugars as substrates. The presence of glucose in the medium induced the production of ethanol as secondary metabolite and improved specific rates of growth, xylitol formation and substrate consumption. Fractionated supply of the feed medium at constant sugar concentration did not promote any increase on the productivity compared to the single batch cultivation.

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Mieftah, Mochammad. "KAJIAN EFISIENSI ENERGI DENGAN PENGATURAN SUPLAI ENERGI LISTRIK." JURNAL ELTEK 16, no. 1 (August 21, 2018): 98. http://dx.doi.org/10.33795/eltek.v16i1.90.

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A power system can be said to be reliable if it has a high continuity of service. To achieve this, an operational arrangement is required to optimize installed power to supply the load to avoid overloading or over-supply of the system. Modjopanggoong Sugar Factory Tulungagung is one of the sugar producing industries, where the electrical system in this factory uses two power supply, which is using PLN supply and Turbine Generator Boiler (BTG). The use of more than one power supply resulted in an increase in the required electricity production costs. To solve this problem, in this research will be conducted a study to make efficient of electrical energy cost which is done by arranging supply of electric energy, that is using maximum supply of BTG and its deficiency supported PLN supply (alternative I), using PLN maximum supply and its deficiency is supported BTG supply alternative II) and only use PLN supply (alternative III). The results showed that energy efficiency can be done with the regulation of energy supply at the factory, that is in alternative I with savings Rp.430.025.007 (2.1%), alternative II with savings of Rp. 553,984,815 (2.7%), and alternative III with savings of Rp. 2.055.727.407 (10%).

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Yang, Ting, and Maor Bar-Peled. "Identification of a novel UDP-sugar pyrophosphorylase with a broad substrate specificity in Trypanosoma cruzi." Biochemical Journal 429, no. 3 (July 14, 2010): 533–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.1042/bj20100238.

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The diverse types of glycoconjugates synthesized by trypanosomatid parasites are unique compared with the host cells. These glycans are required for the parasite survival, invasion or evasion of the host immune system. Synthesis of those glycoconjugates requires a constant supply of nucleotide-sugars (NDP-sugars), yet little is known about how these NDP-sugars are made and supplied. In the present paper, we report a functional gene from Trypanosoma cruzi that encodes a nucleotidyltransferase, which is capable of transforming different types of sugar 1-phosphates and NTP into NDP-sugars. In the forward reaction, the enzyme catalyses the formation of UDP-glucose, UDP-galactose, UDP-xylose and UDP-glucuronic acid, from their respective monosaccharide 1-phosphates in the presence of UTP. The enzyme could also convert glucose 1-phosphate and TTP into TDP-glucose, albeit at lower efficiency. The enzyme requires bivalent ions (Mg2+ or Mn2+) for its activity and is highly active between pH 6.5 and pH 8.0, and at 30–42 °C. The apparent Km values for the forward reaction were 177 μM (glucose 1-phosphate) and 28.4 μM (UTP) respectively. The identification of this unusual parasite enzyme with such broad substrate specificities suggests an alternative pathway that might play an essential role for nucleotide-sugar biosynthesis and for the regulation of the NDP-sugar pool in the parasite.

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Minnaar, A. de V. "Labour Supply Problems of the Zululand Sugar Planters, 1905–1939." Journal of Natal and Zulu History 12, no. 1 (January 1989): 53–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02590123.1989.11964070.

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PATHUMNAKUL, SUPACHAI, CHATKLAO SANMUANG, NAWAPAK EUA-ANANT, and KULLAPAPRUK PIEWTHONGNGAM. "LOCATING SUGAR CANE LOADING STATIONS UNDER VARIATIONS IN CANE SUPPLY." Asia-Pacific Journal of Operational Research 29, no. 05 (October 2012): 1250028. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s0217595912500285.

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This study addresses the problem of locating sugar cane loading stations and allocating cane fields to those stations. The problem is different from the general location–allocation problem in so far as this framework takes into account the different maturity periods of each cane field. If the loading station is improperly located, it can result in high transportation costs from cane fields to the station and significant fluctuations in the station utilization rate. A modification of the well-known "fuzzy c-means" (FCM) method, which takes into account both the cane supply and the different cane maturity periods, is proposed to solve this problem. The objective of the model is to minimize the sum of the transportation and station utilization costs. The performance of this method is compared to that of the traditional FCM method. The results show that the proposed approach is practical for solving the problem and that it provides a better solution than the FCM method.

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McCormick, A. J., D. A. Watt, and M. D. Cramer. "Supply and demand: sink regulation of sugar accumulation in sugarcane." Journal of Experimental Botany 60, no. 2 (January 6, 2009): 357–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jxb/ern310.

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Kumar, Rupesh, Rajat Agrawal, and Vinay Sharma. "IT enablement in sugar supply chain: an approach for farmers." International Journal of Business Performance and Supply Chain Modelling 7, no. 4 (2015): 360. http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/ijbpscm.2015.073770.

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Gohin, A. "Modelling the EU sugar supply to assess sectoral policy reforms." European Review of Agricultural Economics 33, no. 2 (April 10, 2006): 223–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/erae/jbl006.

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HAJIBOLAND, Roghieh, Shirin SHEKARI, Noushin SADEGHZADEH, and Charlotte POSCHENRIEDER. "Sugar beet profits from intercropping with wheat both under optimum and deficient phosphorus supply." Acta agriculturae Slovenica 111, no. 1 (April 8, 2018): 85. http://dx.doi.org/10.14720/aas.2018.111.1.09.

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<p>An experiment was conducted with wheat and sugar beet as monocrop and intercrop under low or adequate phosphorus supply. Dry matter production of shoot and roots were decreased in wheat while increased in sugar beet under intercrop conditions. Photosynthesis rate was diminished under intercrop conditions in wheat while elevated in sugar beet concomitant with reduction of transpiration rate and higher water use efficiency in the latter species. Phosphorus, potassium and iron contents were also lower in intercrop wheat while increased in sugar beet. The same effect of intercropping on biomass and nutrients uptake was observed in the short term hydroponic experiment. Interestingly, three root parameters including length, soluble carbohydrates and activity of secretory acid phosphatase that are characteristics for phosphorus-deficient plants were enhanced in both species by intercropping irrespective the phosphorus supply level. These data suggested an interspecific interaction beyond the different nutrient acquisition capacity in the intercrop pots.</p>

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Brooks, L., V. Parravicini, K. Svardal, H. Kroiss, and L. Prendl. "Biogas from sugar beet press pulp as substitute of fossil fuel in sugar beet factories." Water Science and Technology 58, no. 7 (October 1, 2008): 1497–504. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/wst.2008.516.

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Sugar beet press pulp (SBP) accumulates as a by-product in sugar factories and it is generally silaged or dried to be used as animal food. Rising energy prices and the opening of the European Union sugar market has put pressure on the manufacturers to find alternatives for energy supply. The aim of this project was to develop a technology in the treatment of SBP that would lead to savings in energy consumption and would provide a more competitive sugar production from sugar beets. These goals were met by the anaerobic digestion of SBP for biogas production. Lab-scale experiments confirmed the suitability of SBP as substrate for anaerobic bacteria. Pilot-scale experiments focused on process optimization and procedures for a quick start up and operational control. Both single-stage and two-stage process configurations showed similar removal efficiency. A stable biogas production could be achieved in single-stage at a maximum volumetric loading rate of 10 kgCSB/(m3·d). Degradation efficiency was 75% for VS and 72% for COD. Average specific gas production reached 530 NL/kgCODSBP or 610 NL/kgVSSBP. (CH4: 50 to 53%). The first large-scale biogas plant was put into operation during the sugar processing period 2007 at a Hungarian sugar factory. Digesting approximately 50% of the SBP (800 t/d, 22%TS), the biogas produced could substitute about 40% of the natural gas required for the thermal energy supply within the sugar processing.

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Tadeu Simon, Alexandre, Eduardo Guilherme Satolo, Herbert Abude Scheidl, and Luiz Carlos Di Sério. "Business process in supply chain integration in sugar and ethanol industry." Business Process Management Journal 20, no. 2 (April 1, 2014): 272–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/bpmj-04-2013-0043.

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Purpose – Despite the increasing interests in supply chain management (SCM) within academy and industrial environment, there is still a lack of academic literature concerning topics such as methodologies to guide and support supply chain integration. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach – This article presents the application of a diagnosis method in a Brazilian company from the sugar and ethanol industry to identify the level of supply chain integration. The diagnosis method is based on Cooper, Lambert and Pagh reference model for SCM. The method involves nine referential axes established from the eighth key business processes of the reference model. Findings – It was pre-tested and supplemented with findings from interviews with academics and practitioners. Additionally, an illustration application was conducted in three relevant companies. Originality/value – The application results were useful for refining the method that can be considered as a diagnosis instrument to permit companies to evaluate its supply chain integration.

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Zupanič, Nina, Maša Hribar, Nataša Fidler Mis, and Igor Pravst. "Free Sugar Content in Pre-Packaged Products: Does Voluntary Product Reformulation Work in Practice?" Nutrients 11, no. 11 (October 25, 2019): 2577. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu11112577.

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Ultra-processed, pre-packaged foods are becoming a growing part of our diet, while displacing whole and minimally processed foods. This results in an increased intake of free sugar, salt, and saturated fats, that have a profoundly negative effect on health. We aimed to assess the trend in free sugar content in pre-packaged foods in Slovenia and evaluate the efficacy of industry self-regulations designed to combat the excess consumption of free sugar. A nation-wide data collection of the Slovenian food supply was performed in 2015 and repeated in 2017. In 2017, 54.5% of all products (n = 21,115) contained free sugars (median: 0.26 g free sugar/100 g). Soft drinks became the main free sugar source among pre-packaged goods (28% of all free sugar sold on the market) in place of chocolates and sweets, of which relative share decreased by 4.4%. In the categories with the highest free sugar share, market-leading brands were often sweeter than the average free sugar value of the category. This indicates that changes in on-shelf availability towards a greater number of healthier, less sweet products are not necessarily reflected in healthier consumers’ choices. Relying solely on voluntary industrial commitments to reduce free sugar consumption will likely not be sufficient to considerably improve public health. While some further improvements might be expected over the longer term, voluntarily commitments are more successful in increasing the availability of healthier alternatives, rather than improving the nutritional composition of the market-leading products. Additional activities are, therefore, needed to stimulate reformulation of the existing market-leading foods and drinks, and to stimulate the consumption of healthier alternatives.

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Abulafia, David. "Sugar in Spain." European Review 16, no. 2 (May 2008): 191–210. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1062798708000148.

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Sugar has attracted attention from economic historians, particularly because of its significance in the organisation of labour – notably the role of sugar in the development of slavery in the New World. In a Mediterranean setting, the links to slavery are less obvious, but the gradual westward transfer of sugar technology from the Levant to Sicily (under Muslim rule, and later under Aragonese rule) and to Spain reflects seismic changes in the Mediterranean economy. This was a luxury product and, as demand in western Europe grew, European merchants sought sources of supply closer to home than the eastern Mediterranean. Their reluctance to trade in the Levant reflected political uncertainties in the period when Turkish power was rising in the region. In southern Spain, Valencia (under Christian rule) and Granada (under Muslim rule) became major suppliers to northern Europe by the 15th century. Paradoxically, the survival of the last Muslim state in Spain, Granada, was made possible through the injection of capital by Italian and other merchants trading in sugar. However, the discovery of the Atlantic islands, especially Madeira, gave the Portuguese an opportunity to develop sugar production on a massive scale, again targeting Flanders and northern Europe. The article concludes with the arrival of sugar in the Caribbean, in the wake of Columbus.

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Cui, Haibo, Yuqi Zhou, Weiming Liu, Yangying Li, Zhijun Chen, and Du He. "TMCS-ENN: A Temporal Feature-Correlation Cuckoo Search-Elman Neural Network for Sugar Raw Materials Demands Prediction." Electronics 11, no. 15 (July 28, 2022): 2370. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/electronics11152370.

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The prediction of the demand for raw materials is of vital importance to modern industries. Most studies are based on traditional regression, linear programming, and other methods. Previous studies have often overlooked the characteristics of the sugar raw materials business and the influence of time factors on raw material demand, resulting in limited prediction accuracy. How to accurately predict the demand for sugar raw materials is one of the key issues for intelligent management. In view of the above problems, combined with the characteristics of the supply and demand cycle of sugar raw materials, this paper aims to predict the demand for raw materials based on their supply and demand in a real sugar company by optimizing the Elman neural network through the modified cuckoo search (MCS) algorithm with temporal features. This study proposes a temporal feature-correlation cuckoo search–Elman neural network (TMCS-ENN) for predicting the demand for sugar raw materials. The experimental results show that the accuracy of the TMCS-ENN model reaches 93.89%, a better performance than that achieved by existing models. Therefore, the study model effectively improves the accuracy of the demand forecast of sugar raw materials for companies. This output will be helpful for improving the production efficiency and automation level, as well as reducing costs.

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KALETNIK, Hrigoriy, and Natalia PRYSHLIAK. "ANALYSIS OF CURRENT CONDITION AND PROSPECTS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SUGAR MARKET IN UKRAINE AND IN THE WORLD." "EСONOMY. FINANСES. MANAGEMENT: Topical issues of science and practical activity", no. 4 (44) (April 2019): 7–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.37128/2411-4413-2019-4-1.

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The current state and development prospects of the sugar market in Ukraine and the world are analyzed in the article. The share of countries in the world sugar production is determined. The dynamics of production and consumption of sugar in Ukraine and the world are analyzed. The structure of the export and import of sugar in the world is investigated. The dynamics of sugar production in Ukraine are studied. Structural analysis of sugar production in Ukraine is implemented. The number of sugar factories operating in Ukraine and their daily capacities is determined. The dynamics of import and export of sugar from sugar cane and sugar beet in Ukraine is demonstrated. A comparison of volumes of sugar beet crop area and sugar prices in Ukraine is conducted. The dynamics of minimum and maximum intervention prices for beet sugar in Ukraine is analyzed. The comparison of demand and supply balance in the sugar market in Ukraine is carried out. SWOT-analysis of the sugar market in Ukraine is conducted. Measures to stabilize the sugar and beet sugar market in Ukraine are proposed.

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