Raising Cane

Farmer and his wife load sugar cane into the juice extractor
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Sugar cane husks are used to fuel the fire that boils the juice
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Juice from the extractor is piped to the top pan and filtered for solids, and then emptied into the bottom pan for boiling
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Cane husks fuel the fire
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Boiled juice is poured into this vat, and worked by hand until the moisture evaporates
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Traditional Mojari - hand-made leather shoes common in Northern India and Pakistan
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Sugar farmer verifies that the fresh bag of sugar weighs 5kg
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Sugar farmer in Tikkarda, India
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Children at the sugar farm taking a break
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Eating fresh sugar cane
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Man operating a sugar cane juice extractor solo, at another sugar farm near Bundi, India
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Two men working vats of sugar cane juice at a farm near Bundi, India
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Raising Cane