https://peertube.un-ihe.org/videos/watch/9ff33ccf-53eb-4607-954f-3bb72a500afb Although growth in global sugar consumption in the coming decade is projected to slow down, the growth rate is still expected to be 1.48% per year until 2027. Therefore, the assignment for the sugar-producing sector is clear: by 2027, an estimated 205 million additional tons of sugar need to be produced (given the current production of 185 million tons). Production of sugar crops is expected to expand in many parts of the world, with increases coming from a combination of higher yields from existing farms and expansion of crop areas. In this masterclass webinar from WaterPIP, we will dive into the priorities, opportunities, and challenges in the field of operating and developing sugar cane plantations both from the field and the developer perspectives. There will be a discussion on the implication of sugar cane expansion on water use in a river basin context, evidence-based analysis on the intensification versus expansion of crop areas using the FAO WaPOR database, as well as the impacts of growing different types of sugar crops. This webinar series is brought to you by the Water Productivity Improvement in Practice (WaterPIP) project is supported by the Directorate-General for International Cooperation (DGIS) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands under the DGIS UNESCO-IHE Programmatic Cooperation (DUPC). More information about the WaterPIP project can be found at waterpip.un-ihe.org. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. Sat, 04 Apr 2026 00:22:25 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://peertube.un-ihe.org https://peertube.un-ihe.org/lazy-static/avatars/2fcf8207-c3cc-45f6-b4a7-6b46bbf72f46.png https://peertube.un-ihe.org/videos/watch/9ff33ccf-53eb-4607-954f-3bb72a500afb All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://peertube.un-ihe.org/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.