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CRAB FARMINGEmpowerment in the tide, inequality beneath
Crab workers at a farm in Satkhira. — Marzia Prova by Marzia Prova BY THE time I arrived at Porakatla village in Shyamnagar in the afternoon, the heat of the sun had begun to ease. Yet Shyamnagar in Satkhira District remains intensely hot because of the salinity in the water. On top of that, electricity is unavailable for nearly 14 to 17 hours within every 24-hour period. At the three fuel pumps, there were long queues of motorcycles and farmers waiting. Sitting in Dhaka, suc
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