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| Maize is an important crop as is soya. Although it was not soya season we heard that most of the world's soya is produced here. |
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| Sometimes, a single field is so large that it stretches as far as the eye can see in all directions. |
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| We were interested in the cotton harvest; the harvesters seem to gently brush the cotton from the plant leaving the stalks and branches neatly behind. |
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| Close up of a cotton plant. |
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| The ‘Michelin’ sign by this plantation seemed odd until we saw the rows of buckets and realised we were cycling past a rubber plantation. |
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| The rubber drips from spiral cuts in the tree’s bark and is collected in these buckets. It is the consistency of glue. |