Contribution of "Women's Gold" to West African Livelihoods: The Case of Shea (Vitellaria paradoxa) in Burkina Faso;Contribution de l'or de ces femmes' à l'économie des ménages en Afrique de l'Ouest: Le casdu karité (Vitellaria paradoxa Gaertn f.) au Burkina Faso

Economic Botany

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 237-248

  Pouliot, Mariève ^a  

^a DANISH FOREST LANDSCAPE RES INST   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Burkina Faso; cash income; gap filling; NTFP; Shea; subsistence; women

Indexed keywords

VITELLARIA PARADOXA;

EID: 84866490089     PISSN: 00130001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12231-012-9203-6     Document Type: Article

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