Question

Give reason: Sugar mills must be located close to sugarcane field because ______.

Options

• Sugarcane is a soil exhaustive crop.

• Sugarcane has short crushing season.

• Sugarcane must be crushed within 24 hours of harvest.

• Producing sugar from sugarcane is a very tedious process.

Answer 1

Give reason: Sugar mills must be located close to sugarcane field because Sugarcane must be crushed within 24 hours of harvest.

Explanation:

Sugarcane is a heavy, perishable, and weight-losing raw material. Once harvested, its sucrose content rapidly begins to dry up, so it must be crushed within 24 hours to maximize sugar yield and prevent transportation delays.