Baobabs are arboreal icons that have punctuated Africa’s landscapes for around 12 million years. With crowns that can grow as ...

Since she was a child, 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.

In Zimbabwe, the government export agency, has lamented the low prices paid to baobab pickers and says it’s looking at ...

The baobab trade, which took root in her area in ... "We are only able to buy corn and salt," Bhitoni said after a long day's harvest. "Cooking oil is a luxury because the money is simply not ...

The baobab trade, which took root in her area in ... “We are only able to buy corn and salt,” Bhitoni said after a long day’s harvest. “Cooking oil is a luxury because the money is simply ...

Loveness Bhitoni wakes up before dawn to harvest baobab fruit in Mudzi district, Zimbabwe. Photo: AP Workers at a baobab ...

Almost 60% of rural people in Zimbabwe will be living with severe hunger between January and March 2025, the UN has said. In April, the government declared a state of emergency, and then the harvest ...

The trees are featured in cultural traditions across Africa, and they also support the livelihoods of thousands of people who harvest baobab fruit. And across mainland Africa, a researcher has ...

“We are only able to buy corn and salt," Bhitoni said after a long day’s harvest. "Cooking oil is a luxury, because the money ...

The baobab trade, which took root in her area in ... “We are only able to buy corn and salt," Bhitoni said after a long day’s harvest. "Cooking oil is a luxury because the money is simply ...

The baobab trade, which took root in her area in ... “We are only able to buy corn and salt,” Bhitoni said after a long day’s harvest. “Cooking oil is a luxury because the money is simply ...

[Photo/Xinhua] Wang Qingfeng's office in Wuhan, Hubei province, is decorated with a host of items and novelties from Africa, and among them is a painting of a baobab tree on a special type of ...