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Growing farms full of cashew trees and beehives

Tilaa on AFR100

Bees play an important role in Africa’s agricultural system, where they pollinate 80% of flowering plants and one-third of food crops. The economic benefits of bee pollination are also clear: The yields of major cash crops, such as sesame and cotton, increased by 60% in Burkina Faso when bees pollinated them. By fully investing in this value chain, top-producing African countries could earn...

TILAA

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Agriculture is the biggest business in rural Ghana and in the northern half of the country, the challenges of that work are increasing as the drying climate extends the Sahara Desert further and further south into Ghana. Tilaa is a sustainable beekeeping and honey production company that aggregates and sells high quality honey, beeswax, other bees products.as well as cashew nuts and animal feed...

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Post harvest food losses and waste is a major problem in the food and agriculture industry in sub-Saharan Africa. It is estimated that every year almost 50% of fruits and vegetables, 40% of roots and 20% of cereals are lost. This especially affects smallholder farmers and the food industry in general. It results in seasonal shortages and price hike African agriculture has long been a symbol of...

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