Senegalese onion farmers in tears over glut


By AGENCY

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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