Poor sugar crop in Mauritius

The drought that has hit Mauritius since the end of 1998 has seriously dented the sugar crop, now down to 340,000 tonnes compared with an annual potential of 625,000 tonnes. One of the worst-ever crops in the history of the island, it means a loss...

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation
Format: News Item
Language:Inglés
Published: Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation 1999
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/46555
Description
Summary:The drought that has hit Mauritius since the end of 1998 has seriously dented the sugar crop, now down to 340,000 tonnes compared with an annual potential of 625,000 tonnes. One of the worst-ever crops in the history of the island, it means a loss...