As part of its Sustainability Program, the Global Shea Alliance (GSA), in partnership with the
Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO Regional Office for Africa) …

Preliminary assessments of the cocoa value chain from using FAO's EX-ACT Value Chain
tool show that it has a significant potential to improve farmer incomes while mitigating …

Traditional production of shea (Vitellaria paradoxa) butter uses large amounts of fuelwood.
This study examines the effects of shea production on the environment by identifying the …

Charcoal is used in up to 80% of urban households and in small-to medium-scale
commercial entities across sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). These provide a ready market which …

Shea tree species is vulnerable; the density is rapidly declining due to poor conservation. In
spite of the need for its preservation, inadequate information on the returns to shea value …

The Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) is the largest non-
profit public agricultural research group globally. Recently, it has restructured itself into One …

This chapter presents an overview of how value chains evolve, emerging from simple village
marketplaces to eventually, sophisticated supply chains that provide consumers with quality …

The charcoal sub-sector is one of the most important sources of energy in Kenya, especially
in urban areas. The sub-sector has been reported to be worth billions of dollars in market …

Biomass fuels are very important for millions in Kenya, meeting over 70% of domestic
energy requirements over the decades (Kendagor and Prevost 2013). With increased …

This paper presents a global assessment on how food value chains and the agri-food sector
have been considered in the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs). Building on …