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Study finds income from non-timber forest products improve when smallholders form collectives, rather than individual operation.
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- 19 May 2022
Experts map matrix of certification standards at World Forestry Congress
Forests vulnerable to complex value chains
News
- 10 Feb 2022
To save the shea tree, scientists explore predictive breeding tools
Decline threatens value chain
News
- 25 Jan 2022
Shoring up Burkina Faso’s shea trade requires intensive landscape restoration efforts
Demand may outstrip supply by 2034
News
- 14 Sep 2021
Shaping a future that ensures women are at the center of the Ghana shea trade
Men compete as profits rise
News
- 13 Sep 2021
Struggle for livelihoods in northern Ghana fueling risk of land-use conflict
Approach seeks resolutions
Event Coverage
- 3 Aug 2021
Women producers in Burkina Faso face hardship if shea industry dwindles
Conference delegates adopt call to action
Feature
- 25 Sep 2020
Insecurity, COVID-19 hit women-led shea sector on eve of Africa free trade deal
Emphasis on agri-business exports puts small-scale producers at risk
News
- 17 Jun 2020
Men compete for profits in West Africa’s women-led shea industry
Time to recognize "invisible work" done by women, write Houria Djoudi and Violeta Gonzalez
News
- 9 Sep 2015
Protect against poverty … with a dry forest
More research is needed to understand the role of dry forests in rural livelihoods.
News
- 9 Sep 2015
Protect against poverty … with a dry forest
Feature
- 17 Jun 2015
WEST AFRICA SPECIAL: In Burkina Faso, small solutions and big returns
These precious pockets of green bring local communities a host of benefits.
Feature
- 16 Jun 2015
WEST AFRICA SPECIAL: In Burkina Faso, disappearing rains and new realities
"When they showed us a map of the resources in our village, we realized that we could lose all our forest.”
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