The Human Cost of Sugar | The Pulitzer Center

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Story 1: https://www.climatechangenews.com/2022/12/16/indias-sugarcane-farmers-struggle-to-cope-with-droughts-and-floods/

Video Story: https://twitter.com/ClimateHome/status/1603697212806111232?s=20

Sugarcane labourers cut, place and sow smaller sugarcane pieces to be used in nurseries in Sangli district of Maharashtra. Photos by Meenal upreti/Cimate home News/2022

Labourers prepare sugarcane fields in Sangli district, Maharashtra. Image by Meenal Upreti/Climate Home News. India, 2022.

Story 2: https://www.climatechangenews.com/2022/12/20/indias-female-cane-cutters-face-child-marriage-and-hysterectomy/

Video Story: https://twitter.com/ClimateHome/status/1604993734671745024?s=20

Thousands of young Indian girls like Meera Gaikwad* migrate from their villages every year, to work as labourers harvesting sugarcane. Image by Meenal Upreti/Climate Home News. India, 2022.

Story 3: https://www.climatechangenews.com/2022/12/19/migrant-labourers-suffer-exploitation-in-indias-sugar-fields/

Video Story: https://twitter.com/ClimateHome/status/1604631346264961026?s=20

Sumitra Devi wipes a tear as she narrates her stories from previous sugarcane cutting seasons. Photo by Meenal Upreti/Climate Home News/2022

Story 4: https://www.climatechangenews.com/2022/12/21/big-brands-leave-sugar-farmers-at-the-mercy-of-climate-extremes/

General view of a truck loaded with sugarcane in Satara district of Maharashtra. Labourers use the wooden staircase balancing huge bundles of sugarcane on their heads. Photo by Meenal Upreti/Climate Home news/2022

Sugarcane farmer, Ankush Chormule monitors his sugarcane field using a high-cost weather station device to keep a check on erratic weather patterns in Sangli district of Maharashtra | Another sugarcane farmer, Diljinder Singh's daughter bathes in a village tank amidst sugarcane fields in Lakhimpur Kheri, Uttar Pradesh. Photos by Meenal upreti/Climate home News/2022

A piece of dried-up land in Satara district of Maharashtra. Image by Meenal Upreti/Climate Home News. India, 2022.

A dried-up tree in Sangli district of Maharashtra | Sugarcane farmer, Suresh Kabade shows a white grub that has attacked his sugarcane crop in Sangli district of Maharashtra. Photos by Meenal Upreti/Climate Home News/2022

Published Article Link: https://pulitzercenter.org/projects/human-cost-sugar

Video Stories Links: https://twitter.com/ClimateHome/status/1603697212806111232?s=20

Diljinder: https://twitter.com/ClimateHome/status/1605601741076045826?s=20

Karan: https://twitter.com/ClimateHome/status/1605356122084212738?s=20

Sharda: https://twitter.com/ClimateHome/status/1605224253397159937?s=20

Patwade: https://twitter.com/ClimateHome/status/1604856751538335745?s=20