Give a bacteria-fungi biofilm access to sweetened tea and you can make not only kombucha – but a fibre vital to making ...

If you've ever made kombucha, you will be familiar with the term SCOBY—a symbiotic culture of bacteria and yeast. It's ...

But it now wants to process more of its "white gold" locally, to boost production and exports of 100 percent Beninese clothing. Benin is expected to produce 669,000 tonnes of cotton during the ...

Mathias Azonnoudo, a 50-year-old farmer in Benin, was taking a break sitting on a large pile of freshly picked cotton, which ...

Azonnoudo and other farmers in the west African country have benefited from a recent uptick in demand for cotton, with the government seeking to launch a “Made in Benin” clothing industry. “I feel ...