Sentences with phrase «of the sugarcane plantations»

Not exact matches

Cyclone Hudhud slammed into the coast of Andhra Pradesh and Odisha states, tearing down tens of thousands of mud - and - thatch homes, and flattening rice, banana and sugarcane plantations.

It had five employees, two hotel guests, no cook and a pesky Lihue Sugar Plantation train that drew constant complaints because of its 3 a.m. wake - up call, when it made its way past the hotel from the plantation to the mill with an overflowing load of sugarcane.

Dr Papa Kwesi Nduom, when addressing some students at UCC last week on the New Komenda Sugar Factory, sarcastically questioned the whereabouts of the raw materials since to him, there was no sugarcane plantations owned by the Factory.

Under the Visionary leadership of President John Mahama, The New Komenda Sugar Factory has commenced operations now relying on outgrowers and sugarcane farmers from 100 km radius of the factory's premises to supply sugarcane aside the factory's own plantations which will commence soon.

If the PPP founder who has been talking about corruption and respect for institutions is noted for this, will you be surprised when he chastises Government for not starting a sugarcane plantation for the factory before it's commissioning when the same person has acquired a large tract of the land meant for the plantations?

Addressing members of the Shesheeshew company in Agona Swedru, he said «How can the Komenda Sugar Factory company which is 100 % owned by the Government of Ghana commence the cultivation of its own sugarcane when the likes of Dr Paa Kwesi Nduom have encroached on the Factory's Lands meant for plantations?

State Senator Adriano Espaillat has styled himself as a champion of agricultural laborers in New York — but fueling his bid for Congress are donations from a sugarcane plantation - owning clan with an international reputation for mistreating workers.

The U.S. government both underwrites much of the Fanjul Corp.'s American mills and plantations, and has placed Dominican sugarcane on its list of products created with forced and child labor — so the family is lucky to have a new friend in Congress with ties to the Caribbean nation.

Researchers at São Paulo State University (UNESP) in Brazil have published a census of medium and large mammals found in 22 forest remnants surrounded by sugarcane plantations in the state.

While the film and the memoir have been given the unfair label of being ONLY ABOUT «slavery is bad» (as if that fact alone would not be worthy) many of the more subtle points have been ignored, but is best summed up this way, «It is notable not only for its lucid description of plantation life, with detailed passages on the methods by which cotton and sugarcane were harvested and processed, and how slaves were fed, housed and punished, but also for the author's evenhanded treatment of his subject: although he denounces slavery as an institution, Northup expresses his gratitude to the masters who treated him with gentleness and generosity, and shows a surprising ability to forgive even the most unimaginable cruelties.»

As he matures, his desire for grandeur and fame is channeled into shaping the fates of the impoverished and overlooked children of the Pu'unene sugarcane plantation workers.

Cuba's must - see cities are likely to change the fastest, including Trinidad (where time slips even farther back to the era of Spanish conquistadors and sugarcane plantations) and coastal Baracoa.

On your horseback excursion, enjoy sweeping views of the Nicoya Gulf and its islands as you ride your way through coffee and sugarcane plantations, tropical forest and open fields.

You will have to take a 2 to 2,5 hour drive along paved roads through some rural parts of the country passing by coffee and sugarcane plantations to reach the lodge.

Hacienda San Jose was a sugarcane and cotton plantation that imported slaves from Africa and has an underground network of tunnels.

The drive from San José passes through some of the most scenic regions in the country — rolling mountains and meadows, patches of lush cloud forest and rainforest, picturesque Costa Rican villages, vibrant green pastures and hillsides full of grazing cattle, dairy farms, and plantations of coffee, sugarcane, tropical fruits and ornamental plants.

The post doesn't mention the new road to the Pacific or the ethanol plant and sugarcane plantations; or the planned road from Cruzeiro do Sul, Brazil to Pulcallpa, Peru and the multiple big hydro - energy dam constructions it will support; or the new Peruvian oil leases in indigenous reserves; or the BR$ 35 million worth of oil exploration in the Juruá watershed in Acre; or the Madeira River complex of big hydroelectric projects in Rondonia near Bolivia.

Cane toads were brought to sugarcane plantations in various countries and are now the giant, poisonous, unrivaled kings of the amphibian mountain in spots across the globe.

The Program for Sustainable Production of Palm Oil, announced today by Brazilian President Lula da Silva, is novel in its approach to protecting standing forests while allowing cultivation in areas that have been deforested in the past, namely for use as short - lived sugarcane plantations or lumber operations.