An onion farmer sitting on his produce at the Notto Gouye Diama market, one of the main markets for agricultural products in the Thies region in Senegal. Photos: Seyllou/AFP
In a satellite town of Senegal's capital Dakar, 25kg sacks of onions are piled up on pavements, ignored by passers-by.
The West African country is in the middle of a supply glut, with prices plummeting and heaps of the pungent vegetables left to rot by the roadside. Farmers are in despair.
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