Unexpected strawberry crop spins Burkina’s ‘red gold’Sat, 06 Apr 2024 15:33:55 GMT
In the suburbs of Burkina Faso’s capital Ouagadougou, lucrative strawberry farming is supplanting traditional crops like cabbage and lettuce and has become a top export to neighbouring countries.Prized as “red gold” in the Sahel, strawberry crops brought in some 2.0 billion CFA francs ($3.3 million) from 2019 to 2020, according to agricultural support programme PAPEA. …
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