Work

Sugarbeet high yielding, sustainable, sweet

Cultivation

Sugarbeet cultivation in Germany

Sugar from sugarbeet worlwide

Agronomic benefits

Breeding

The most important breeding goals

Breeding milestones

Yield progress about 2 % yearly

Efficient use of resources

Local raw material

Diverse environmental benefits

Possible usage

Composition of the sugarbeet

100 % usage of sugarbeet

Usage of sugar in Germany

Sources: All data in the chart refer to Germany, unless otherwise described. Sugarbeet cultivation (BLE, Bericht zur Markt- und Versorgungslage Zucker (2025)); Cultivation | Sugarbeet cultivation in Germany (own report based on BLE (2025) and Statistisches Bundesamt, Landwirtschaftszählung 2020 und WVZ, Jahresbericht 2023/2024); Sugar from sugarbeet worldwide (own report based on BLE, Bericht zur Markt- und Versorgungslage Zucker (2025)); Efficient use of resources | Local raw material (own report BLE, Bericht zur Markt- und Versorgungslage Zucker (2025)); Diverse environmental benefits (Bürcky, K. Die Zuckerrübe und ihre Leistungen für die Umwelt. (2009)); Possible usage | Composition of sugarbeet (own illustration based on WVZ, www.zuckerverbaende.de, on 29 April 2025 (as of 2023); Usage of sugar in Germany (BLE, Bericht zur Markt- und Versorgungslage Zucker (2025)).


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