Zimbabwe’s baobab trees offer lifeline to rural communities devastated by climate change

Since childhood, Loveness Bhitoni has picked baobab fruits from the gigantic trees surrounding her homestead in Zimbabwe to add variety to the family’s staple corn and millet diet.

She never saw the iconic trees as a source of cash, until now.

Climate change-induced droughts have decimated her staple crops. Meanwhile, the world has a growing appetite for baobab as a natural health food.

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