Fires destroy 11,000 tonnes of cane in Mauritius
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Defimedia
Fires destroyed around 11,000 tonnes of sugar cane in Mauritius between 12 and 14 October, according to the Chamber of Agriculture. Production from these crops is estimated at between 500 and 800 tonnes, while irrigation systems were also damaged, the agricultural organisation reports.
About 11,000 tonnes of sugar cane were burned in Mauritius between 12 October and the morning of Wednesday 14 October, disrupting the 2026 sugar campaign, according to the Mauritius Chamber of Agriculture.
Of the 2.38 million tonnes expected this year, just under half remained to be harvested on 14 October. Some of the burned cane had not reached maturity, which should reduce its extraction rate, while the fires also affected fields of recently fertilised ratoon cane, according to the Chamber of Agriculture.
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