Orphaned Voices: The Woes of Sugarcane Farmers in Uttar Pradesh

1,121 views · Published 13 February 2017 · 5:25 · Indexed 10 November 2026

Channel: The Wire · 2017 · News & Politics

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As political parties resort to religious, caste and community mobilisations ahead of UP polls, farmers' distress and issues of sugarcane farmers - who dominate western UP's landscape - have remained in the background. The farmers told The Wire that both the central and state governments have not addressed the real issues of sugarcane farming - that of delayed payments and low prices.

Also read: https://thewire.in/107508/in-western-up-sugarcane-farmers-will-determine-electoral-outcome/

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