sugar cane plantation

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meaningsofsugar,caneandplantation

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sugar
noun
uk
/ˈʃʊɡ.ər/us
/ˈʃʊɡ.ɚ/
a sweet substance especially from the plants sugar cane and sugar beet, used to make food and ...
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cane
noun
uk
/keɪn/us
/keɪn/
the long, hard, hollow stem of particular plants such as bamboo, sometimes used to make furniture or support other plants in ...
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plantation
noun[C]
uk
/plænˈteɪ.ʃən/us
/plænˈteɪ.ʃən/
a large farm, especially in a hot part of the world, on which a particular type of crop ...
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They complained that they needed manpower to work in the mines, build forts, and supply labor for the thriving sugar cane plantations.
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Then the city began growing thanks to the thriving sugar cane plantations led by important agroindustries.
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In the 19th century this became an important coffee producing region as well as a sugarcaneplantationduring prior centuries.
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The race track was built by sugarcaneplantationworkers.
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There she was raised at her fathers estate, a sugarcaneplantation.
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Infection levels among sugarcaneplantationworkers living in communities called bateyes average 5 percent, with some groups as high as 12 percent.
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The sugar unit and sugarcaneplantationwere the second largest business segment upon its grain and feed which were topping the sales.
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However, it continued to produce sugar cane under the direction of the bank that owned it, and is still a working sugarcaneplantationtoday.
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During this period, even though sugar did not hold a pre-eminent place, an expanding domestic market and a favourable tax policy for cane plantations stimulated investments in primitive milling technology.
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They made their living in the agricultural sector and in some cases became owners of sugar cane plantations.
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More than 1000 people were out of work as a result of the damage to the papaya and sugar cane plantations.
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Many migrants boosted the economy by working in sugar cane plantations and orange groves though.
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It can inhabit formidable habitats such as wastewater treatment plants, rice and sugar cane plantations, drainage ditches, and swamps.
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Living conditions on the sugar cane plantations, on which most of the "girmityas" (indentured labourers) worked, were often squalid, degrading and brutal.
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By the mid-1980s, the lowland forest was replaced by sugar cane plantations and the bat vanished.
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