Nigeria’s ancient jaggery-makers thrive despite huge sugar imports | REUTERS

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In the sugarcane fields of northern Nigeria, Jamilu Usman is keeping alive a 200-year-old family tradition of producing jaggery, profiting from a small-scale operation in a country that imports 96% of its sugar.

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