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Climate-smart cassava gets new use in Zambia: hand sanitiser

Luksaka, ZambiaThomson Reuters Foundation To deal with drier conditions brought by a shifting climate, farmer Pamela Nyirenda last year shifted to growing drought-hardy cassava, among other new water-sipping crops such as groundnuts and cowpea. But this year her cassava field has brought not just a secure harvest but also a financial windfall, as buyers snap […]