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Sep 2021
12m 59s

Is Africa ready for a seaweed revolution...

Bbc World Service
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What’s not to like about seaweed? It’s nutritious, good for the environment, and – as it turns out – surprisingly profitable. Farmers say this could be the crop of the future, and that seaweed farms could soon become a feature of Africa’s vast coastline. So, what’s holding them back?

Hosted by Alan Kasujja (@Kasujja on Twitter) Guests: Mounir Boulkout, SELT Marine Group; Houssam Hamza, Aquaculture Officer with the FAO.

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