Shea (Vitellaria paradoxa) butter production and resource use by urban and rural processors in northern Ghana

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 3592-3614

  Jasaw, Godfred Seidu ^a   Saito, Osamu ^a   Takeuchi, Kazuhiko ^b  

^a UNITED NATIONS UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Field experimentation; Fuel wood; Ghana; Labor; Material flow analysis; Material quantities; Resource use; Rural processors; Shea butter; Urban processors; Water

Indexed keywords

FOOD MARKET; FUELWOOD; MATERIAL FLOW ANALYSIS; NONTIMBER FOREST PRODUCT; RESOURCE USE; RURAL AREA; SEMIARID REGION; URBAN AREA;

GHANA;

POLYGALA INCARNATA; VITELLARIA PARADOXA;

EID: 84928975635     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20711050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su7043592     Document Type: Article

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