Environmental Benefits of the Shea Butter Tree in West Africa's Agroforestry Parklands.
Wednesday, November 6, 2013: 10:15 AM
Tampa Convention Center, Room 9, First Floor
Ramachandran P.K. Nair, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL and Peter Lovett, Global Shea Alliance, Accra, Ghana
Presenting the current state of knowledge on the role and value of the shea (Vitellaria paradoxa C.F. Gaertn.) parkland agroforestry system in carbon sequestration and climate-change mitigation, soil fertility maintenance, desertification control, biodiversity conservation, and smallholder farming system sustainability.
