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 […]
Farmers prosper in pandemic as Americans shop local
Washington DC, USThomson Reuters Foundation With restaurants shut and grocery stores posing a coronavirus risk, some Americans are ordering food directly from the farm – a trend small-scale producers hope will outlast the pandemic. It could be one of the few economic upsides to a crisis that has emptied high streets and felled business as […]