A bittersweet business

Published: Tuesday | May 12, 2009



Cane farmers load their mode of 'transportation' for freshly reaped cane in Kellits, Clarendon.

Sugar cane farming should be sweet business, but there are still challenges with the divestment process and many farmers like these in Clarendon still rely on old-fashioned methods of reaping.


A farmer pulls the donkey on reaching the loading point in Kellits, Clarendon.


Cutting cane is not an easy task but it's what these Clarendon farmers do. - photos by Ian Allen/Staff Photographer