Fruits

Nigeria's Buttery Pear Waits for Buyers

Ube, the purple African pear roasted alongside corn on Nigerian streets, is nutritious, prized by the diaspora and traded as far as London and Brussels. …

Soursop's Health Boom Outpaces Its Farms

Soursop, the spiky green fruit prized for its tangy pulp and medicinal reputation, is in rising demand at home and abroad. Yet it is rarely …

Agbalumo Ripens, Then Goes to Waste

Agbalumo, the tangy seasonal fruit Nigerians grow up sucking on street corners, arrives in abundance between December and April and then vanishes. Much of it …