Increasing renewable energy capacity to achieve climate goals will necessitate the rapid
development of utility-scale solar plants throughout Ghana. Situated in the impoverished …

Shea butter is a vital commodity in the global economy, engaging millions of women across
the African shea belt, as income directly or indirectly in the value chain. The shea kernel is …

With their numerous products and uses, multifunctional crops offer an attractive means for
improving smallholder farmer livelihoods. This study applies a Life Cycle Sustainability …

ABSTRACT Under the Forest Rights Act 2006, the government of India has recognised the
Individual Forest Rights (IFR) of forest dwellers that formalise the de jure land tenure over …

In Ghana, large-scale commercial farming is one of the strategies for achieving the
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs 1 and 2). However, large-scale commercial farms …

This article pays attention to the gendered resource struggles and changing division of labor
of the feminized shea fruit in Burkina Faso. The aim of this qualitative study is to explore how …

In recent decades, the increasing international demand for shea nuts has resulted in
changes to the livelihoods of women collecting and processing these nuts in West Africa …

Livelihood diversification (LD) is crucial for rural households due to increasing climate
variability and declining farm incomes in the global south. Literature has extensively …

Originally a domestic product used by West African rural population, shea nut has become
an international commodity exported all over the world. However, local periodic markets …

This study assessed factors influencing shea nut actors' choices of shea nut marketing
arrangements in northern Uganda. An understanding of these factors is vital in influencing …