African shea butter: A feminized subsidy from nature

Africa

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 37-61

  Elias, Marlène ^a   Carney, Judith ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; COMMERCIALIZATION; KNOWLEDGE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TREE;

AFRICA; SAHEL [SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA]; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

VITELLARIA PARADOXA;

EID: 34047109704     PISSN: 00019720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3366/afr.2007.77.1.37     Document Type: Article

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