Record sugar beet production

The evaluation carried out by the Tadla Regional Technical Sugar Committee (CTRST), on the eve of the completion of the 2013-2014 sugar beet campaign, reveals exceptional results in terms of production, yield and polarisation (sugar content). Indeed, the cultivated area is 14,880 hectares, of which 77% are sown mechanically, which has had a positive effect on the average stand achieved, which is 86,000 plants per hectare. Thus, the average yield per hectare was 69 tonnes (68.4 tonnes per hectare in Doukkala-Abda) against 64.5 t/ha recorded in 2013, an increase of 8%. Note that the yield at 16.5% richness is 80 tonnes per hectare. As for the final production, it exceeds that achieved in 2013 by 25% (1,007,866 tonnes against 809,000). In terms of richness, the results achieved during this campaign also record a very satisfactory level, equivalent to 19.03%, thus generating a value paid to…