Burkina Faso farmers growing pineapples amid push for self-sufficiency

Can pineapples grow in the Sahel region of Africa? Amid a political push for self-sufficiency, one farmer is proving that the tropical fruits can thrive.

Ducks walk between rows of pineapples.

Beneath their feet, the soil is red, sandy and stony.

It’s hardly the lush setting usually needed to support pineapple plants.

But…