Current Situation and Analysis of Sugarcane Mechanization Harvesting in Guangxi Region
The labor cost is one of the main cost sources of sugarcane industry,and the labor cost of harvest link accounts for most of the total labor cost.Mechanized operation can greatly improve the efficiency of sugarcane harvesting and greatly reduce labor costs,so the level of mechanized harvest rate often determines the level of industrial costs.The sugarcane planting area of Guangxi accounts for more than 60%of the country's total sugarcane planting area,ranking first in the country and far ahead of other provinces.It can be said that the level of sugarcane mechanization harvesting in Guangxi represents the overall level of sugarcane mechanization harvesting in China to a certain extent.However,during the 2020/2021,the mechanized harvest rate of sugarcane in Guangxi region is much lower than that of other major sugarcane planting countries,which makes the competitiveness of China's sugar industry much lower than that of other major sugar producing countries.This paper mainly analyzed some factors for the low mechanized yield of sugarcane in Guangxi from the perspectives of cultivated land resources,characteristics of sugarcane planting,climatic conditions,mechanized harvesting technique,harvesting equipment and internal contradictions in the industrial chain in order to put forward some solutions and measures.It was also expected to provide some suggestions for improving the mechanization rate of sugarcane harvesting,reducing the cost and enhancing the international competitiveness of sugarcane industry in Guangxi.