The Long Read: Women step up, fill the gaps in Burkina Faso’s virus fight
SAM MEDNICK, of Associated Press, reports on the role women are playing in the West African nation’s coronavirus response…
Fears surge in demand for hand sanitiser could fuel child labour
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation Soaring global demand for hand sanitiser to combat the new coronavirus could increase the use of forced and child labour in sugarcane plantations, UK-based researchers said on Thursday. Sugarcane is used to make ethanol for alcohol-based gels and seven of the world’s largest sugarcane producers – including Brazil, Mexico and Thailand […]
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 […]