▁up ▁to ▁ 1 % ▁of ▁incident ▁solar ▁energy ▁into ▁bi om ass . ▁In ▁prime ▁growing ▁regions , ▁such ▁as ▁Maur it ius , ▁Domin ican ▁Republic , ▁Puerto ▁Rico , ▁Peru , ▁Brazil , ▁Boliv ia , ▁Colombia , ▁Guy ana , ▁E cuador , ▁Cuba , ▁El ▁Salvador , ▁J ama ica , ▁Bang l adesh , ▁India , ▁Pakistan , ▁Indones ia , ▁Philippines , ▁Malays ia , ▁and ▁Australia , ▁sugar c ane ▁cro ps ▁can ▁produce ▁over ▁ 1 5   kg / m 2 ▁of ▁can e . ▁Once ▁a ▁major ▁c rop ▁of ▁the ▁sout he astern ▁region ▁of ▁the ▁United ▁States , ▁sugar c ane ▁cultiv ation ▁decl ined ▁there ▁during ▁the ▁late ▁ 2 0 th ▁century , ▁and ▁is ▁primarily ▁conf ined ▁to ▁small ▁plant ations ▁in ▁Florida , ▁Louisiana , ▁and ▁sout heast ▁Texas ▁in ▁the ▁ 2 1 st ▁century . ▁Sug arc ane ▁cultiv ation ▁ceased ▁in ▁Hawai i ▁when ▁the ▁last ▁operating ▁sugar ▁plant ation ▁in ▁the ▁state ▁shut ▁down ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 6 . ▁ ▁Sug arc ane ▁is ▁cultiv ated ▁in ▁the ▁trop ics ▁and ▁subt rop ics ▁in ▁areas ▁with ▁a ▁pl ent iful ▁supply ▁of ▁water ▁for ▁a ▁continuous ▁period ▁of ▁more ▁than ▁six ▁to ▁seven ▁months ▁each ▁year , ▁either ▁from ▁natural ▁ra inf all ▁or ▁through ▁ir rig ation . ▁The ▁c rop ▁does ▁not ▁toler ate ▁severe ▁fro st s . ▁Therefore , ▁most ▁of ▁the ▁world ' s