The shea butter tree's untapped riches

The shea butter tree grows throughout savanna areas of West Africa and is prized for the oil extracted from its nuts, and for the sale of the nuts themselves. Unfortunately, processing and marketing difficulties mean that only 40% of the produce is...

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Autor principal: Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation
Formato: News Item
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation 1991
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/45467
Descripción
Sumario:The shea butter tree grows throughout savanna areas of West Africa and is prized for the oil extracted from its nuts, and for the sale of the nuts themselves. Unfortunately, processing and marketing difficulties mean that only 40% of the produce is...