Allanblackia, a new tree crop in africa for the global food industry: Market development, smallholder cultivation and biodiversity management

Forests Trees and Livelihoods

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 251-268

  Jamnadass, Ramni ^a   Dawson, Ian K ^a   Anegbeh, Paul ^a   Asaah, Ebenezar ^a   Atangana, Alain ^b   Cordeiro, Norbert J ^c   Hendrickx, Harrie ^d   Henneh, Samuel ^e   Kadu, Caroline A C ^f   Kattah, Cyril ^e   Misbah, Maha ^d   Muchugi, Alice ^a   Munjuga, Moses ^a   Mwaura, Lucy ^a   Ndangalasi, Henry J ^g   Njau, Chrispine Sirito ^h   Nyame, Samuel Kofi ⁱ   Ofori, Daniel ^j   Peprah, Theresa ^j   Russell, Joanne ^k   Rutatina, Fidelis ^l   Sawe, Corodius ^m   Schmidt, Lars ⁿ   Tchoundjeu, Zac ^a   Simons, Tony ^a   more..

^a WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c ROOSEVELT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNILEVER RESEARCH VLAARDINGEN   (Netherlands)

^e Novel Development Ghana   (Ghana)

^f FEDERAL RESEARCH AND TRAINING CENTRE FOR FORESTS   (Austria)

^g UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

^h Lushoto Silviculture Research Centre   (Tanzania)

ⁱ IUCN Ghana   (Ghana)

^j FORESTRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^k SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^l Novel Development Tanzania Limited   (Tanzania)

^m Kingolwira National Fish Farm   (Tanzania)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

more..

Author keywords

Germplasm delivery system; Market supply chain; Novella Africa; Private public partnership

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; CULTIVATION; HARVESTING; MARKET DEVELOPMENT; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; SMALLHOLDER;

AFRICA;

ALLANBLACKIA;

EID: 77957103252     PISSN: 14728028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14728028.2010.9752670     Document Type: Article

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