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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Farai Mutsaka

An ancient African tree is providing a new 'superfood' yet local harvesters are barely surviving

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Since childhood, Loveness Bhitoni has collected fruit from the gigantic baobab trees surrounding her homestead in Zimbabwe to add variety to the family’s staple corn and millet diet. The 50-year-old Bhitoni never saw them as a source of cash, until now.

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