A good number of food plants consumed in rural areas of DR Congo are still in the wild despite their nutritional and medicinal value for farmers’ househods (Biloso, 2010; Tabuna & Tchoundjeu, 2009). Gnetum africanum is a liana mostly found in rainforests gallery forests and forest fallows (Pauwels 1993) Do intermediaries benefit more than household producers from the commercialization of Gnetum Gnetum africanum is a liana mostly found in rainforests, gallery forests and forest fallows (Pauwels, 1993). Do intermediaries benefit more than household producers from the commercialization of Gnetum africanum What are the levels of profit margins of the different groups involved The commercialization of Gnetum africanum is one of the means used to fight poverty in Kinshasa in both urban area and the environs (Biloso 2008). Sellers make significant profit from the activity that makes it possible to survive (Biloso and Lejoly 2006).
Publication year
2010
Authors
Biloso M A; Mafolo J; Tchoundjeu Z; Degrande, A.
Language
English
Keywords
agricultural economics, value, agroforestry, education, gnetum, markets
Geographic
Cameroon
