It's deeply troubling that despite all of the medical evidence linking sugar cane ... harvesting, the health risks faced by our communities will remain. Luz Torres is a resident of Pahokee ...
Labour shortages, in turn, have spurred farm mechanisation and even sales of herbicides to replace manual weeding. In Maharashtra, unlike in Uttar Pradesh and most other cane-growing states, it is the ...
STORY: Sugar cane has long been “king” in Cuba. However, while the island nation once produced millions of tons of sugar, next year local media say it’s only expecting a fraction of that ...
Every sugar cane harvesting season, especially in Kolhapur and Sangli, begins with protests demanding the mills to announce the price. On Monday, Andolan Ankush, a sugar cane farmers' organisation ...
It was revealed that harvesting of cane at night and transportation of cane materials at night, and the cunning of farmers who are under contract with different millers, contributing to sugar ...