The Akoma Cooperative Women’s Group in Pusu-Namongo in the Talensi District of the Upper East Region, have received a significant boost with the installation of a multipurpose shea butter processing ...

This is expected to have an effect on the trade dynamics of shea products in West Africa. There is a general trend of moving from export of raw materials to processing in most West African countries.

The northern part of the country – Upper East, Upper West ... Ghana produces over 150,000 metric tonnes of shea nuts annually. Of this quantity, only about 30-40 percent is processed into shea butter ...

The growing popularity of charcoal from the shea nut tree has made the situation worse. It is said to burn for longer than ...

Shea trees grow in the wild from West to East Africa - a vast strip known as the ... impact on people like Mariam Chandiru, a local shea butter producer for many years in the northern town ...

Shea trees grow in the wild from West to East Africa - a vast strip known as the ... it is a huge setback" Mariam Chandiru Shea butter producer in Koboko This loss, combined with the poor harvests ...

announced $51 million in cuts from the U.S. African Development Foundation, which included hundreds of thousands of dollars for marketing shea butter and pineapple juice, as well as mango drying ...

Shea butter is obtained from the nuts of the shea tree (Vitellaria paradoxa), native to West Africa. It is traditionally harvested and processed by women, making it a vital economic resource for ...

Tea's Nature is famous for its commitment to providing 100% organic shea butter-based products. Their vanilla-scented shea butter combines the hydrating properties of unrefined shea butter and the ...

For International Women’s Day, Mongabay puts a spotlight on a community forest restoration effort to protect Ghana’s shea trees, which are economically and ecologically important species for ...