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  • Published: 4th April 2013
  • Blog by Sorcha Nic Mhathúna

The sweet benefits of pineapples

Fresh pineapple is rich in vitamins and minerals. In Rwanda, its benefits are even sweeter for women farmers.

The home of Godelive Nyirabakobwa (58) in Nyakigandu village is neat and clean but sparse. The house has good walls and comfortable chairs with a single electric bulb hanging from a wire. To have electricity and a water tap at home is a sign that things are going well.

Life wasn’t always this way, however.