Identification of key sugarcane harvester features using the analytic hierarchy process

• Main Authors: Gonzaga, Jeremias A., Lopez, Neil Stephen A., Arguelles, Nicole, Dimayuga, John Michael, Benito, Rafael, Eugenio, Sebastian, Dela Cruz, Efren
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2016
• Subjects: Sugarcane—Harvesting—Machinery; Mechanical Engineering
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/6477
• Institution: De La Salle University

The Philippine sugarcane industry is worth roughly 88 billion pesos and employs around 700,000 Filipinos. However, the competitiveness of the local industry ($0.17 per lb sugar) is currently under threat from international producers ($0.14 per lb sugar) because of the upcoming ASEAN 2015 integration...