s:1053:"%T Domestication, utilization and marketing of indigenous fruit trees in West and Central Africa %A Atangana, A.R. %A Asaah, E.K. %A Tsobeng, A. C %A Facheaux, C. %A Foundjem-Tita, D. %A Mbosso M F P C %A Sado T %A Kanmegne, J. %A Mbile P %A Tabuna H %A Anegbeh P O %A Useni M %A Tchoundjeu Z %A Degrande, A. %X This chapter discusses the progress in participatory tree domestication in West and Central Africa. The steps in participatory tree domestication are discussed: selection of priority species based on farmers' preferences and market; orientation; collection of germplasm from elite trees chosen by farmers or other users; establishment of passport data for trees from which germplasm was collected (for future use in tracing the owners of trees in respect of property right); development of appropriate vegetative propagation techniques for the different species under domestication; integration of improved propagules in different cropping systems; and marketing studies of products from domesticated species ";