3.2.5. Summary of greenhouse gas emissions from sugarcane
cultivation
In total, emissions of CO2e for sugarcane plantation combined
amongfossil fuel use, chemical and organic fertilizer utilizationwere
2841.9 kg CO2e ha1 y (Table 3). The largest contribution comes from
fertilizer utilization. Calculated based on 62.5 ton cane ha1 y and
1 ton cane that produces 93.2 kg of sugar, in terms of per ton cane
this was 45.47 kg CO2e, and per kg of sugar this was 0.49 kg CO2e