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Buddhan, a sexagenarian farmer from Western Uttar Pradesh’s Muzaffarnagar had just supplied his sugarcane at the mill gate after spending over two days in a long queue at district’s Rohana Sugar Mill.

We tried to save him but he was old and had nothing proper to eat in last 50 hours or so,” said Rakesh another farmer at the mill who witnessed the sad turn of events.

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Giving up not an option for women farmers

Limited land ownership, very little or no decision making powers, measly returns— women from villages in Uttar Pradesh face harrowing circumstances while working in sugarcane farms.

woman farmer in early 40s, works 18 bighas of farmland along with her sister Sheela in Western UP’s Meerut. She now maintains the piece of land but ownership came only after her husband’s demise following long illness.

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Workers in sugarcane farms of Uttar Pradesh get a bitter deal

Oxfam India report highlights several heartbreaking realities faced by farm workers in the sugarcane farms of UP.

Sugar industry in Uttar Pradesh has a significant contribution to the state’s economy and also to the livelihoods of lakhs of farmers who depend directly on cane farming.

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5 takeaways from Study on Sustainability in Sugar Value Chains

India—the second largest producer of sugar in the world—supports an enormous number of jobs.

Oxfam India’s study Human Cost of Sugar - a ‘farm to mill’ assessment of sugar supply chain in Uttar Pradesh is an attempt to understand the complex issue and how it affects the key stakeholders involved.