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CIFOR-ICRAF s’attaque aux défis et aux opportunités locales tout en apportant des solutions aux problèmes mondiaux concernant les forêts, les paysages, les populations et la planète.

Nous fournissons des preuves et des solutions concrètes pour transformer l’utilisation des terres et la production alimentaire : conserver et restaurer les écosystèmes, répondre aux crises mondiales du climat, de la malnutrition, de la biodiversité et de la désertification. En bref, nous améliorons la vie des populations.

CIFOR–ICRAF publishes over 750 publications every year on agroforestry, forests and climate change, landscape restoration, rights, forest policy and much more – in multiple languages.

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Resilient livelihoods and the shea butter tree in Uganda

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The shea butter tree (Vitellaria paradoxa) is an important oil-producing tree species that grows in the drier areas of northern and north-eastern Uganda. The fruits are eaten, usually as a “famine” food during times of drought, while the nuts contain abundant oil, which is extracted and used for cooking, medicinal, hair and skin ointments. Due to its importance and the emerging threat of tree removal to make charcoal, many initiatives aimed at protecting and promoting the tree for improving local livelihoods have been supported by different development agencies. The livelihoods of local communities, especially women, have been improved and conservation of shea trees enhanced. In addition, the Ugandan government has started the Presidential Initiative on Shea trees to foster conservation and increased use of shea trees and their products.
    Année de publication

    2014

    Auteurs

    Gwali, S.; Okia C A; Ebanyat P

    Langue

    English

    Mots clés

    drought, resilience, food security, shea butter, drylands

    Géographique

    Uganda

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