For generations, the Khoisan people harvested the rooibos plant to make tea. As this caffeine-free drink has grown trendy 9,000 tons exported a year they've been cut out of revenues. Until now.
For generations, the Khoisan people harvested the rooibos plant to make tea. As this caffeine-free drink has grown widely popular around the world, they've been cut out of revenues. Until now.
For generations, the Khoisan people harvested the rooibos plant to make tea. As this caffeine-free drink has grown widely popular around the world, they've been cut out of revenues. Until now.
Countries and economic blocs across Africa are on a legislating spree to regulate the continent’s seed markets, ostensibly to overcome chronic hunger. The real reason, many believe, is the corporate push that is driving nations to facilitate and promote trade of hybrid seed varieties. The fear is that the new laws will destroy not only the continent’s food diversity, but also its indigenous practices of seed conservation. An analysis by Richard Mahapatra and Kiran Pandey with Coll