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Mauritius HEI

__** Sugarcane **__back to homepage



Sugarcane is Mauritius's most farmed crop and can be farmed in over 80% of the island. it is planted by cutting up a previous sugarcane stalk into pieces about 6 to 12 inches long. then you plant them in the ground and wait for them to grow! After they have grown to full height, you chop them down manually (they don't have a lot of hi tech farm tools) and you can ship them off t sell to places. even when the dutch first colonized it (1863-1710) almost everybody grew it. as the years rolled on it was still popular and as the demand for it in other countries got higher, more and more people grew it. even today you can still see farms of it in the more remote place in the country.

__**De-F **__**__orestation__**

like many other African countries, Mauritius has de-forestation. it is not as bad today but back in the 1900s, lumber was their second largest export. even though Mauritius doesn't have as much wildlife, it still effected the environment as much as any other country. now they have set some laws down about de-forestation and today they have a couple thriving forests


 * __ factories __**

Mauritius also does have some factories. They produce clothing, food and even precious gems. they also produce a lot of fish, catching them in, of course, the ocean. their factories don't pollute as much and they are mostly eco-friendly.