Abstract
Mechanized sugarcane harvesting has grown strongly in recent years, from 33% in 2007/2008 crop to 96.5% in the 2019/2020 crop, which represents a harvested area of 4,244.7 million hectares, nd it is estimated that there are between 10 and 20 ton ha-1 in the year of straw, which means around 30 million tons of straw considering the removal of only 50% of the total available in the field (C…