date:Dec 21, 2020
slowing down of forest degradation, the spokesperson details.
From a social-economic perspective, income from shea, which is mainly controlled by women, is critical to producing communities livelihood and resilience, accounting for 33 percent of household income in West Africa. The shea industry creates more than US$200 million income each year for producing communities, they say.
Expanding in applications
According to GSA estimates, the US shea market consumes approximately 17,500 metric t