Transforming nature's subsidy: Global markets, Burkinabè women and African shea butter
In this dissertation I examine the sustainability of shea butter projects in the centre-west region of Burkina Faso, West Africa. Shea butter derives from the Vitellaria paradoxa tree, which grows in the semi-arid African savanna. Women living in this region have long collected and processed shea nu...
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McGill University
2010
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