Background information
Where is Nepal?
Nepal is one of the least poor countries in the world, which located between China and India in Southern Asia. In the term of agriculture, it contribute 38% of GDP, and only about 7 % of the land can be used for cultivation. Over 70% of population involves in agriculture(WEON,2016)
Where is Nepal?
Nepal is one of the least poor countries in the world, which located between China and India in Southern Asia. In the term of agriculture, it contribute 38% of GDP, and only about 7 % of the land can be used for cultivation. Over 70% of population involves in agriculture(WEON,2016)
http://www.infoplease.com/atlas/country/nepal.html
Process information and input requirement
According to the company of Lantic Rogers, the process of cane refining is from raw sugar, cleaning, filtering, crystallization, drying and packaging. (Lantic, 2016) the main process is called double solicitation process, and usually the factory is divided into the following main stations: Mill house, boiler house, power house, clarification, evaporation house and boiling and curing house.
Sugarcane and sugar industry in Nepal
Sugarcane is one of the conventional commodity in Nepal. According to Karobar daily (May 30, 2013), nearly 200,000farmers in Nepal participate in cultivating sugarcane. The production of sugar increase annually by 170000 ton from 165,000tons by the year of 2013. (Econity, 2013) sugarcane is considered to be the most essential cash crop in Nepal.There are twelve sugar mills in Nepal, and most of sugar mills only produce raw sugar. Two or three of this also touches ethanol production, but the rest only produce sugar
Benifit to Canada and Nepal
The benefits of shipping sugarcane processing equipment to Nepal can be divided into several parts. Firstly, it can improve the production of refined sugar. Secondly, it would improve the product diversity. Finally, iMproving export marketing competition. For Canada, If Canada provided the access of sending sugarcane equipment to Nepal, there would be several benefits for both Canadian company and middle class. However, the the sugarcane processing equipment is too complex, so the transportation from Canada to Nepal directly can not work due to the high shipping fee, and the opptional methods can choose companies from India and China.
Reference
"Nepal." Worldmark Encyclopedia of Nations. Retrieved October 11, 2016 from Encyclopedia.com:http://www.encyclopedia.com/history/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/nepal-0
Sugarcane Disputes. Not so sweet! (2013) Retried November 29, 2016, from http://econitynepal.com/tag/sugarcane-production-nepal/
Lantic Rogers. (2016) Facilities. Retrieved Oct 17, 2016 from http://www.lanticinc.com/en/facilities
Lantic Rogers. (2016). Cane refining process. Retrieved Oct 17, 2016 from http://www.lantic.ca/en/about-sugar/
Lumbini Sugar Industries(2016).Introduction. Retried November 29, 2016, from http://lumbinisugar.com.np/sugar/introduction