{"id":64641,"date":"2017-09-03T07:00:39","date_gmt":"2017-09-03T17:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=64641"},"modified":"2023-03-15T13:18:24","modified_gmt":"2023-03-15T23:18:24","slug":"sugarcane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2017\/09\/03\/sugarcane\/","title":{"rendered":"Sugarcane is not dead, just different"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\n<div class=\"responsive-video-wrap\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/b5Jd8Xfp7GU?rel=0&amp;showinfo=0\" width=\"676\" height=\"380\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Sugarcane, also known as k\u014d, may not be king anymore in <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai\u02bbi<\/span>, but <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/\">University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai\u02bbi<\/span><\/a> researchers see a sweet future ahead for the traditional plant, which the Hawaiians first brought to the islands via canoe.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/\"><abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa<\/a> Assistant Researcher <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www2.hawaii.edu\/~nlincoln\/\">Noa Lincoln<\/a><\/strong> is working on a book and <a href=\"https:\/\/cms.ctahr.hawaii.edu\/cane\/Home.aspx\">website<\/a> that catalogs many varieties of native sugarcane and discusses their cultural significance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSugarcane is likely the single most important crop in the colonial history of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai\u02bbi<\/span>,\u201d Lincoln writes. He says sugarcane\u2019s more recent history tends to overshadow the fact that Native Hawaiians utilized sugarcane extensively in the Islands for a millennium before Europeans arrived.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai\u02bbi<\/span> has taken a big step in acknowledging that there is a lot to learn from our indigenous crops, our indigenous cropping systems and the traditional knowledge that went along with this,\u201d Lincoln says.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>It\u2019s become a high-value horticultural crop as opposed to a low-value agronomic or plantation crop.<br \/>\n\u2014Ted Radovich<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Not only was cane used for food; it was important for medicine and in religious and magical ceremonies. Lincoln is also working with his <a href=\"https:\/\/cms.ctahr.hawaii.edu\/home.aspx\">College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources<\/a> colleague, Associate Specialist <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ctahr.hawaii.edu\/RadovichT\/\">Ted Radovich<\/a><\/strong>, to examine traditional and modern organic growing systems, including intercropping with <span aria-label=\"ulu\">\u02bbulu<\/span> (breadfruit). They are also researching cane juice quality and nutrient cycling.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe like to say, \u2018Sugar is not dead, just different,\u2019\u201c notes Radovich. \u201cIt\u2019s become a high-value horticultural crop as opposed to a low-value agronomic or plantation crop.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lincoln and Radovich are helping local growers and processors to choose and cultivate the native varieties that are best for their purposes, including producers making cane skewers and swizzle sticks and local distillers making rum agricola, a fresh cane-juice rum.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve been interested in traditional Hawaiian crops as both an opportunity for growers to add value to their small-scale operations as well as an engagement tool for our community members, our schools and others who want to learn about agriculture,\u201d says Lincoln. \u201cI think both globally and locally we\u2019ve seen a revitalization in consumer desire for healthier foods, for local foods, for heirloom foods, and simultaneously we\u2019ve seen a revival of indigenous pride and knowledge. I think those two things can really create a strong synergistic movement here in <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai\u02bbi<\/span>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-64652\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/manoa-ctahr-sugarcane.jpg\" alt=\"different types of sugarcane\" width=\"676\" height=\"294\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/manoa-ctahr-sugarcane.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/manoa-ctahr-sugarcane-260x113.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>View more photos go the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ctahr\/albums\/72157684241791545\">College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources Flickr site<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" title=\"Facebook video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Funiversityofhawaii%2Fvideos%2F10155027958524001%2F&amp;show_text=0&amp;width=476\" width=\"476\" height=\"476\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa researchers see a sweet future ahead for the traditional sugarcane plant, which the Hawaiians first brought to the islands via canoe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30,12],"tags":[222,212,9,56],"class_list":["post-64641","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-research","category-video","tag-agriculture","tag-college-of-tropical-agriculture-and-human-resilience","tag-uh-manoa","tag-video-2","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64641","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64641"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64641\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":174144,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64641\/revisions\/174144"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}