As oceans warm, Zanzibar's women sea farmers grow sponges to stay afloat

• Kim Harrisberg, Thomson Reuters Foundation • Fisheries & Aquaculture

As oceans warm, Zanzibar's women sea farmers grow sponges to stay afloat
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Nasir Hassan Haji never thought of herself as a farmer or a swimmer, but as she waded into Zanzibar's blue waters with goggles pulled over her headscarf to examine her floating sponge farm, she realised she had surprised herself by becoming both.

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