African Birds Eye Chili Farming
African Bird’s Eye Chilli
frican Birdseye Chilli (ABE), also known as Birds Eye Chilli(BEC) or Bird’s Eye Chilli is one of the hottest and pungent chilies in the world. Known by the scientific name, capsicum frutescens, the African Birds Eye Chilli originated from Mexico and was introduced to the world by Portuguese and Spanish colonialists, traders, and missionaries. It can be found growing in the wild, in small-scale farms and commercial farms, for local consumption and export to Europe and America.
African Bird’s Eye Chilli
Grown mostly in Africa and Asia, with Malawi leading the African production of the Birds Eye Chilli. Other African countries that produce the African Bird’s Eye Chilli are Kenya, Ghana, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Mozambique, and South Africa.
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