s:1053:"TI Domestication, utilization and marketing of indigenous fruit trees in West and Central Africa AU Atangana, A.R. AU Asaah, E.K. AU Tsobeng, A. C AU Facheaux, C. AU Foundjem-Tita, D. AU Mbosso M F P C AU Sado T AU Kanmegne, J. AU Mbile P AU Tabuna H AU Anegbeh P O AU Useni M AU Tchoundjeu Z AU Degrande, A. AB 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 ";