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Obeng-Akrofi, George, Dirk E. Maier, Kurt A. Rosentrater, Thomas J. Brumm, and Joseph O. Akowuah. "EVALUATION OF MOISTURE SORPTION ISOTHERM FOR SHEA NUTS, VITELLARIA PARADOXA." Applied Engineering in Agriculture 41, no. 2 (2025): 169–78. https://doi.org/10.13031/aea.16087.

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HighlightsEquilibrium moisture content models were assessed for shea nuts.The Modified Halsey and Modified Oswin EMC/ERH models were found to be most appropriate in describing the sorption behavior of shea nuts.Critical moisture content for storage of shea nuts in the Sahel region was determined to be 5.08% to 6.68%.The study provided a basis for developing a calibration equation for a commercially available, hand-held, low-cost moisture meter for adoption in the shea nut value chain.Abstract. Shea nuts (Vitellaria paradoxa) are prone to mold deterioration during post-harvest handling, drying

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Adesope, A. A. A., O. A. Fatoki, and T. O. Oguntoye. "Value Chain and Profitability Analysis of Shea Butter Production in Kwara State, Nigeria." Journal of Agroforestry and Environment 15, no. 2 (2022): 91–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.55706/jae1522.

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The study assessed the value chain and economic viability of shea butter production in Kwara State, Nigeria. A well-structured questionnaire was used to gather information from 247 participants in the shea butter value chain industry within the State. Descriptive statistics, gross margin analysis, and linear regression were used to analyze the data gathered. The study found out that the shea nut processors and marketers were women (92%), while men (54,7%) were mostly shea nuts collectors. The average age of collectors was 43 and that of the processors and marketers were 46. Findings also revea

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O., Z. Ayodeji. "Shea Nuts Drying Machine: A Tool for enhancing Productivity and Shelf life of Shea fruit and the Derivatives." International Journal of Research 12, no. 5 (2025): 62–70. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15359807.

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Shea butter is a very valuable product extracted from shea nuts and utilized in varied applications in food processing, cosmetics and pharmaceutical fields. The procedure involves in its post-processing from shea nuts ranges drying (or roasting), milling, boiling, extraction to packaging. Shea related products become less appreciated when they contain excess moisture content. Excessive moisture in shea fruit encourages rancidity of the oil and necessitates presence of more moisture in its oil. The traditional methods of achieving moisture reduction process, basically by drying or roasting is o

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Dongmo, S. N., H. M. Womeni, F. T. Mbiapo, et al. "Cooking and drying process optimisation of shea (Butyrospermum parkii) butter extraction." Czech Journal of Food Sciences 32, No. 6 (2014): 578–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.17221/475/2013-cjfs.

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Cooking and drying conditions of the shea butter extraction process were determined using a response surface methodology. The influence of cooking time, temperature, and nuts/water mass ratio, drying time, and temperature on the content of free fatty acids, the peroxide value, as well as on the extraction yield was investigated. Results showed that both the free fatty acid content and the peroxide value were significantly affected by cooking and drying temperature; the cooking time and nuts/water ratio also affected significantly the peroxide value. Increasing cooking and drying temperature re

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Awo, Martha Adimabuno. "A Survey-Based Qualitative Analysis of the Institutional Structures and Policy Measures in the Shea Sector of Ghana." Research in World Economy 9, no. 2 (2018): 24. http://dx.doi.org/10.5430/rwe.v9n2p24.

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Shea is an important tree crop for women in the three impoverished northern regions of Ghana and is considered to be a major source of poverty alleviation in these regions. The crop is picked in the wild as nuts mainly by women who sell the nuts to processors. These nuts are processed into butter and soap for local use and/or for exports. Institutional structures, from a variety sources including the cultural environment, community support systems and the State regulatory and support mechanisms, shape the opportunities, constraints and obstacles facing women pickers and local processors who re

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Kouakou, A. B., G. G. Doué, R. M. Mégnanou, and A. E. S. Djoman. "Shea Shells and Press-Cake as New Sources of Bioactive Phenolic Compounds: GC MS Profile and in vitro Antioxidant Activity." European Journal of Biology and Biotechnology 2, no. 5 (2021): 53–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.24018/ejbio.2021.2.5.252.

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Shea nuts shells and press cake are shea butter processing byproducts. Their content in phenolic bioactive compounds and their antioxidant capacity were studied. The total phenolic and flavonoid contents ranged between 16.962-21.395 mg GAE/100g DM and 0.243-1.83 mg QE/100g DM, for press-cake and shells, respectively. Antioxidant capacity values assessed by EC50 using DPPH, ABTS and FRAP methods were in the range of 0.398-0.235 mg/mL, 0.623-0.465 mg/mL and 0.137-0.154 mg/mL for shea press-cake and shells, respectively. Shea shells recorded the highest total phenolic and flavonoid compounds posi

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Hadiza, Ibrahim Mohammed, Zainab Mohammed, Oyi Rukayat Avuashi, and Ibrahim Garba. "Comparative sunscreen and stability studies of shea butter from Nigeria." Algerian Journal of Biosciences 3, no. 2 (2022): 077–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.57056/ajb.v3i2.60.

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Shea butter extracted from the nuts of Vitellaria paradoxa is utilized as food, medicine and a major source of income especially in the rural communities. The butter is reported to vary in their physicochemical compositions which may affect the sunscreen and stability of it, thus, the need for the present study. Shea nuts were collected from Ngaski (A), Bosso (B) and Yamaltu-Deba (C) of northern Nigeria. The in-vitro sunscreen activity was determined using UV-spectrophotometer and the stability study using plastic, clear and amber bottles stored in different conditions. The shea butter samples

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Bawah, Musah B., A. K. Afoko, A. K. Quainoo, A. F. Chamisah, Abudu Ballu Duwiejuah, and A. H. Abubakari. "Assessment of Quality of Shea Butter Sourced from Organic and Inorganic Fields." Turkish Journal of Agriculture - Food Science and Technology 7, no. 12 (2019): 2042. http://dx.doi.org/10.24925/turjaf.v7i12.2042-2046.2506.

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The objective of the study was to compare selected physical and chemical composition of shea butter processed from nut sourced from inorganic and organic fields. The treatments were O (shea butter processed from nut picked from organic fields) and N (shea butter processed from nuts picked from inorganic fields). These treatments were arranged in a Complete Randomized Design and were replicated four times in the laboratory for studies of free fatty acids (FFA), pH, peroxide value, insoluble impurities, unsaponifiable matter, and moisture content. The study revealed that organic shea butter had

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Agúndez, Dolores, Théodore Nouhoheflin, Ousmane Coulibaly, Mario Soliño, and Ricardo Alía. "Local Preferences for Shea Nut and Butter Production in Northern Benin: Preliminary Results." Forests 11, no. 1 (2019): 13. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/f11010013.

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Shea products in Benin (West Africa) are produced in a low-developed agroindustry, but they are estimated to be the country’s third largest export. The nut harvesting and quality guaranteeing in the butter process can only be achieved through improvements in the value chain, thus making it more attractive for stakeholders. The aim of this paper is to provide keys to a better product valorization, obtain a significant increase in household incomes based on shea butter marketing opportunities, and offer competitive products at the local and regional markets. Different markets were designed to ca

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Noubissi, G., B. M. K. Djousse, K. J. Tangka, R. Tchinda, and M. Tchoffo. "Shelling and characterisation of the technical parameters of a shea nut (<i>Vitellaria paradoxa</i>) shelling machine in Cameroon." Agro-Science 22, no. 1 (2024): 83–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/as.v22i1.12.

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Producers of shea kernels encounter difficulties in processing the nuts. This leads to greater losses of raw material and a reduction in the yield of shea butter, as processing is generally done manually by smallholders, who produce more shea kernels in local areas. Added to this is the arduous work involved in shelling, due to the lack of a shelling machine adapted to their level of production. This study was, therefore, carried out to improve local shea butter production capacity. The huller was designed using data on the physical, gravimetric, geometric and frictional properties of shea nut

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Mahama, Smith Wayo, Adam Bawa Yussif, and Jacob Ibrahim Abudu. "Market Access through Cooperative Action: Insights from Shea Cooperatives in the Tamale Metropolis, Ghana." Asian Journal of Agricultural Extension, Economics & Sociology 43, no. 3 (2025): 18–31. https://doi.org/10.9734/ajaees/2025/v43i32698.

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Aims: The aim of this study is to investigate how cooperative activity in the shea business affects market access. Access to shea business market is fundamental for the success of shea production. Yet shea nuts pickers are not always able to provide the shea nuts because of the seasonal nature making ready market a challenge. Place of Study: This study was conducted to assess market access through cooperative action: Insights from shea cooperatives in the Tamale metropolis. Methodology: A cross-sectional study design was used in this study among study participants in the Tamale metropolis. Sim

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Elias, Marlène, and Judith Carney. "African Shea Butter: A Feminized Subsidy from Nature." Africa 77, no. 1 (2007): 37–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.3366/afr.2007.77.1.37.

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AbstractThe shea tree (Vitellaria paradoxa) is indigenous to Africa's Sudano-Sahelian region and crucial to savanna ecosystems and peoples. African women have long collected, marketed and transformed shea nuts into a multipurpose butter. The growing global trade in shea butter destined for the Western food and cosmetics industries thus represents an opportunity to bolster impoverished female incomes. However, such international sales are also prompting changes in the west African shea landscape. This article examines the role of shea as a female heritage in Burkina Faso, West Africa's largest

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Tame, V. T., I. Hassan, and D. T. Gungula. "Influence of Heating Time of Shea Nuts (vitellariaparadoxa) on Some Chemical Properties of Shea Butter." World Journal of Engineering and Technology 03, no. 03 (2015): 13–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/wjet.2015.33b003.

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Serge, Assi Ossey Alain, Konan Brou Roger, Dje Kouakou Martin, and Amani N’guessan Georges. "Chemical Characterisation of Shea Nut (Vitelaria paradoxa) Kernel oil from High-producer Trees in the Tchôlogo Region, Ivory Coast." International Journal of Biochemistry Research & Review 34, no. 3 (2025): 10–18. https://doi.org/10.9734/ijbcrr/2025/v34i3980.

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Aims: The aim of the study was to determine the chemical characteristics of the oil from the kernel of shea nuts from high-producer trees in the Tchôlogo region, with a view to proposing appropriate ways of adding value. Study Design: Eight composite nut samples were analysed. These are: large ellipsoid tchologo (LELT); large spheroid tchologo (LSPT); large oblong tchologo (LOBT); large ovoid tchologo (LOVT); thin ovoid tchologo (MOVT); thin spheroid tchologo (MSPT); thin ellipsoid tchologo (MELT); thin oblong tchologo (MOBT). Place and Duration of Study: University of Nangui Abrogoua, Abidjan

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МУСТАФАЕВ, С. К., Т. В. ПЕЛИПЕНКО, and Э. Э. КОЧИЕВА. "SHEA BUTTER: RAW MATERIALS, PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY, PROPERTIES AND APPLICATION." Известия вузов. Пищевая технология, no. 5-6(394) (December 29, 2023): 6–11. http://dx.doi.org/10.26297/0579-3009.2023.5-6.1.

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Маслоши – это растительное масло, используемое в составе продуктов пищевой, фармацевтической и косметической отраслей, которые поставлялись в Российскую Федерацию из европейских стран. Причем европей- ские предприятия осуществляют только рафинацию и фракционирование сырого масла ши, получаемого из стран Африки. Для решения проблемы импортозамещения товаров, содержащих масло ши, необходимо организовать его производство в РФ. Систематизация и анализ имеющихся в зарубежных и отечественныхисточниках сведений о свой- ствах сырья – ядер орехов дерева ши, получении, химическом составе и свойствах мас

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Anhwange, B.A, and H.A Ese. "Chemical Analysis of Shea Butter (Vitellaria paradoxa) Nut obtained from Benue State." Nig Annals of Pure & Appl Sci 5, no. 2 (2022): 287–95. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7338397.

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<strong>ABSTRACT</strong> Shea butter fruits were collected and the oil was extracted using Soxhlet extractor and hexane as the solvent. The oil was characterised while the residual cake was analysed for nutrients, anti-nutritional factors, and amino acid contents using standard methods. The results of the analyses indicated the percentage yield of the oil to be 15.52%. The acid value, free fatty acid, saponification value, iodine value, and ester value were found to be 12.24 mgKOH/g, 4.90 mg/g, 215.65 mgKOH/g, 53.05g/100g, and 302.42 mgKOH/g respectively. The specific gravity and refractive i

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Azebre, Abu Ibrahim. "A Review of the Constraints and Prospects of Shea Butter Processing in Ghana and Burkina Faso." International Journal of Research and Scientific Innovation XII, no. III (2025): 385–90. https://doi.org/10.51244/ijrsi.2025.12030025.

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Shea butter, extracted from the nuts of the Vitellaria paradoxa tree, holds a crucial position in the global market, particularly within the cosmetics, pharmaceutical, and food industries. This review paper investigates the constraints and prospects of Shea butter processing in Ghana and Burkina Faso, two leading producers. Key challenges include gender inequality, environmental degradation, lack of mechanization, financial and market barriers, and weak institutional support. However, there are substantial opportunities for economic growth, women’s empowerment, and sustainable development with

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Alale, Enoch Mbawin, Samuel Kofi Tulashie, Emmanuel Boafo Baidoo, and Caleb Mununkum Addai. "Protocol for extracting oil from Ghana shea nuts using solvent extraction." STAR Protocols 5, no. 4 (2024): 103323. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.xpro.2024.103323.

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AYODEJI ADEBAYO, OLAOLUWA, JUDE CHIKEZIE, and SHAFIU KILISHI HALIDU. "Apparent Nutrient Digestibility and Carcass Yield of Broiler Chickens Fed Cooked Shea Nut Cake Diets of Different Fermentation Periods." Journal of Bioresource Management 7, no. 3 (2020): 120–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.35691/jbm.0202.0145.

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Cake of shea nut is an agroforestry by-product and residue after fat extraction from shea nuts for fat with no economic value and its increasing output has become an environmental issue lately. A 30-day study was conducted to investigate the apparent nutrient digestibility and carcass yield of broiler chicken fed cooked cake of shea nut diets of different fermentation periods. A total of 144 unsexed Arbor Acres Plus day-old broiler chickens were divided into four dietary treatments with four replicates of nine birds each in a completely randomized design. The results showed that fermentation e

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Adams, Abdul-Moomin, Issahaku Abudulai, and Motin Bashiru. "The Shea Industry and Rural Livelihoods among Women in the Wa Municipality, Ghana." Journal of Social Science Studies 3, no. 2 (2016): 40. http://dx.doi.org/10.5296/jsss.v3i2.8706.

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<p>The majority of rural population in Ghana are faced with poverty, especially in northern Ghana which records the highest poverty levels. Despite the potential of the shea industry to contribute to alleviating poverty among rural women, little attention has been given to the industry. This paper examined the shea industry as a source of livelihood among rural women as well as the challenges women faced in the industry in Wa Municipality. Cross-sectional research design was employed and data were collected using questionnaires. The results of the study indicate that 93.7% of the women p

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Hassan, Nurudeen Abdulhakeem, Adiat Ibironke Arogundade, Ugheoke Benjamin Iyenagbe, and Dagwa Ishaya Musa. "Simulation and analyses of shea nuts (vitallaria paradoxa) processing plant using FlexSim©." Journal of Future Sustainability 3, no. 2 (2023): 67–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.5267/j.jfs.2022.11.006.

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Manufacturing facilities are systems that require adequate designing, maintenance and reservations for improvement in the future. Layouts need to be effectively designed to reduce operating to the minimum. Computer simulation is a process of investigating and analyzing the behavior of production processes for effective decision-making using computers to generate solutions that will positively impact short, and long-term planning of the Plants and save costs of real-life implementation. This study investigated a 500Kg capacity shea nut processing plant using FlexSim©. The findings from the init

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Owusu-Ansah, Nana, and Kwadwo Asare-Gyebi. "IDENTIFYING MOTIVATION FOR SHEA NUTS GATHERING IN AN URBAN COMMUNITY FROM GHANA." Natural Resources and Sustainable Development 10, no. 1 (2020): 28–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.31924/nrsd.v10i1.042.

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Akihisa, Toshihiro, Nobuo Kojima, Naoko Katoh, et al. "Triacylglycerol and Triterpene Ester Composition of Shea Nuts from Seven African Countries." Journal of Oleo Science 60, no. 8 (2011): 385–91. http://dx.doi.org/10.5650/jos.60.385.

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Dr., Zachary Pealore, Yakubu Zuweira, and D. Pealore Eunice. "A Participatory Evaluation of Child Labor in the Shea Value Chain in Northern Ghana." International Journal of Innovative Science and Research Technology (IJISRT) 10, no. 2 (2025): 1012–22. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14944913.

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The shea tree has been a strategic resource for women livelihoods in Ghana serving as an important source of income for rural households. An estimated 20 million women are directly involved in the shea sector in West and East Africa. In West Africa, Burkina Faso, Ghana and Mali play a very important role in the shea market with Shea butter, a product of shea used for food products (90%), cosmetics (9%) and pharmaceuticals (1%). Given the nature of the actors and their interactions, human rights violations may exist in this shea market: forced labor, child labor, indecent wages, etc. In spite o

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Elias, Marlène, and Seema Arora-Jonsson. "Negotiating across difference: Gendered exclusions and cooperation in the shea value chain." Environment and Planning D: Society and Space 35, no. 1 (2016): 107–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0263775816657084.

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Shea butter, derived from the African shea tree, has acquired a pivotal position in global agro-food and cosmetics industries. In Burkina Faso, public and private actors as well as civil society are converging upon the product to boost the incomes of rural female producers. As a result of these trends, the shea value chain is increasingly segmented; shea nuts are sold in a low-return, conventional market and simultaneously enter an alternative, high-value niche market. In the latter strand of the value chain, some producers are improving their prospects by forming an association. Tracing relat

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Abu, Abigail J., Faruruwa Dahiru Muhammad, and Femi Emmanual Awe. "THE EFFECT OF EXTRACTION METHOD ON FATTY ACID PROFILE OF TRADITIONALLY AND MECHANICALLY EXTRACTED SHEA BUTTER SAMPLES FROM NASARAWA STATE." FUDMA JOURNAL OF SCIENCES 9, no. 5 (2025): 239–43. https://doi.org/10.33003/fjs-2025-0905-3629.

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Shea butter, a valuable plant fat has been extracted from the nuts of Shea tree. This study aim at determining the effect of extraction method on fatty acid profile of Shea butter samples from four local government areas of Nasarawa state, namely: Akwanga, Kokona, Nasarawa and Lafia. Two different methods were used for the extraction, which were the traditional and mechanical methods. The fatty acid profiles where analyzed using Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectroscopic (GC-MS) analytical method. The results obtained for fatty acid profile for the two extract varies. The butter extracted with the

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Akihisa, Toshihiro, Nobuo Kojima, Naoko Katoh, et al. "Triterpene Alcohol and Fatty Acid Composition of Shea Nuts from Seven African Countries." Journal of Oleo Science 59, no. 7 (2010): 351–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.5650/jos.59.351.

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Soulama, Yamako, Frederic Bationo, and Tchamye Boroze. "A New Approach to Integrating Renewable Energies in the Design of a Shea Kernel Solar Mill." Science Journal of Energy Engineering 12, no. 4 (2024): 67–80. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.sjee.20241204.11.

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The development of the agri-food sector in West African countries is limited by energy and technological factors. As a result, the main shea nut producers in these countries, Burkina Faso, Nigeria and Mali, export their production to the benefit of large industries in northern countries. One of the most difficult operations involved in transforming shea nuts into shea butter is grinding. Processing shea kernels into shea butter requires a mill or grinder. The types of energy (diesel and electricity) used by these mills are fossil-based, difficult to access and pose huge environmental issues. T

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Maistrello, Lara, Lorenzo Martini, Irene Macías-Pavon, Sara Bortolini, and Nadia Marchettini. "Evaluation of polyphenols-rich natural compounds as treatments to prevent attacks by subterranean and drywood termites: preliminary results." Journal of Entomological and Acarological Research 43, no. 2 (2011): 261. http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/jear.2011.261.

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In the view to find sustainable methods to prevent termite attacks to wooden objects and structural timbers, this study represents a preliminary step in the evaluation of some natural substances considered as effective by some African popular traditions. Dark shea cake, obtained from the kernels of <em>Vitellaria paradoxa </em>(Sapotaceae), is the phase just before the extraction of shea (= karit&egrave;) butter. In some West African regions, by-products from this extraction are traditionally believed to protect houses from termites. To verify if this practice has scientific ba

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Naah, Anna Mwinbuabu, Peter Bilatam Mayeem, and Valentina Osei-Himah. "An Ethnographic Study on Indigenous Shea Butter Extraction and the Use of the By-Products." International Journal of Research and Review 8, no. 12 (2021): 695–702. http://dx.doi.org/10.52403/ijrr.20211284.

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Indigenous knowledge practices are locally based systems of knowledge, uniquely associated with a group of people in a cultural setting. These practices, which have evolved over time generally, denote a broad and collective consciousness of the people, including their nature, habitats and interpersonal relationships. Indeed, this knowledge concept sustains the lives of the people. They depend on it to navigate as well as assail their everyday experiences, including in particular those that serve as serious threats to their livelihood. The processes involved in Shea butter extraction exemplify

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Payne, Charlotte L. R., Athanase Badolo, Sioned Cox, et al. "The contribution of ‘chitoumou’, the edible caterpillar Cirina butyrospermi, to the food security of smallholder farmers in southwestern Burkina Faso." Food Security 12, no. 1 (2019): 221–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12571-019-00994-z.

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AbstractEdible insects have been advocated as a means to combat food insecurity, which is prevalent in West Africa. In this study we look at the contribution of the shea caterpillar Cirina butyrospermi, colloquially known as ‘chitoumou’, to the food security of smallholder households in rural southwestern Burkina Faso. We used a mixed methods approach to understand the relationship between caterpillar collection, consumption, and sale by smallholder households, and their seasonal food security status. We found that caterpillars are an important source of food and income for households, signifi

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Obeng-Akrofi, George, Dirk E. Maier, Wendy S. White, Joseph O. Akowuah, Ricardo Bartosik, and Leandro Cardoso. "Effectiveness of hermetic bag storage technology to preserve physical quality attributes of shea nuts." Journal of Stored Products Research 101 (March 2023): 102086. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jspr.2023.102086.

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Ali Bwala, Madu, Abdulhamid Garba Yaru, and Wasiu Alani. "An assessment of the value chain of shea in Borgu area of Niger state, Nigeria." Journal of the Bangladesh Agricultural University 17, no. 3 (2019): 369–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/jbau.v17i3.43217.

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This study assessed the value chain of shea in Niger State, Nigeria. One hundred and forty respondents were selected through a multistage random technique. Data were analyzed using value addition method and descriptive statistics. Findings revealed that there are four key players in the shea value chain, namely the sole picker, the processor/picker, butter marketer and the retailer. Regarding value addition, it was found that the sole picker adds a value of ₦250 (3.10%), the local processor, adds a value of ₦1550 (19.38%), the shea butter marketer adds ₦600 (7.70%) and the retailer adds a valu

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Kolo, S. I., N. J. Dadi-Mamud, M. Aliyu-Paiko, and B. Jubril. "Shea (Vitellaria paradoxa) Pulp Juice Production and Quality Evaluation via Proximate and Mineral Composition Analyses." Journal of Applied Sciences and Environmental Management 26, no. 10 (2022): 1727–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/jasem.v26i10.17.

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Shea trees (Vitellaria paradoxa) are common in African countries such as Nigeria, Ghana, Uganda, Sudan, and others. When fully ripe, the Shea tree's green fruit turns yellow. The tree is well-known and valued for its versatility. Its entire composition is useful in the food, pharmaceutical, and cosmetic industries. Among its applications is the production of butter from the nuts, while the rest of the fruit is left to rot or discarded. This study focuses on using other parts of the fruit to create a new product, reduce waste, and expand the Shea value chain. Three formulations of Shea fruit ju

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F. Merinosy, Michée Fustelle, Enoch G. Achigan-Dako, Paul Césaire Gnanglè, Eugène Kassa, and Jean-Marc Boffa. "Morphotype Classification Criteria and Influence of Sociocultural Factors on Perceived Shea Tree (Vitellaria paradoxa C.F. Gaertn) Natural Variation across Parklands in Benin." Plants 11, no. 3 (2022): 299. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/plants11030299.

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Trait diversity is crucial in undertaking the domestication of useful species such as Vitellaria paradoxa which makes a significant contribution to the rural household economy in Africa. This study aims to document the criteria farmers use to distinguish shea trees; how they vary according to age, education level and sociolinguistic group; and their perception of trees’ abundance and production. We surveyed 405 respondents across shea parklands in Benin using a semi-structured questionnaire. We used the Kruskal-Wallis test to evaluate the influence of sociodemographic attributes on relative cr

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Anyomi, Wisdom Edem, Michael Teye Barnor, John Saviour Yaw Eleblu, et al. "Elucidation of the Genetic Diversity within Some In Situ Shea Germplasm in Ghana." Agronomy 13, no. 9 (2023): 2256. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/agronomy13092256.

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Shea is an agroforestry tree species known primarily for its rich butter, which contains stearin and tocopherol, and has ultraviolet ray absorption property; it is used in cooking, body care and traditional medicines. This tree is, however, uncultivated and collection of its nuts by rural dwellers is threatened by increased urbanization with its accompanying land use pressure and the need for fuel wood for rural households. There is also increased demand for shea products worldwide necessitating the need for shea improvement strategies. At the apex of this improvement program lies the need for

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A.M. Kabir and S.R. Adebola. "Profitability of shea butter processing business for rural women in Borgu LGA, Niger State, Nigeria." Journal of Agriculture and Environment 20, no. 1 (2024): 53–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/jagrenv.v20i1.6.

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This study investigated the profitability of small-scale shea butter processing enterprises in Borgu Local Government Area, Nigeria. It examined the socio-economic characteristics of processors (n=120), their processing methods, as well as the factors influencing profitability. A multi-stage sampling procedure was employed. Three wards and two villages were selected in each Local Government Area, followed by a random selection of 50% of identified shea nut processors. The findings revealed that the majority of processors were women (93%) with an average age of 39 years. Most had basic educatio

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Koudoro, Yaya Alain, Tétédé Rodrigue Christian Konfo, Orou Doro Emmanuel Bakrou, Avlessi Félicien, Dahouenon-Ahoussi Edwige, and Sohounhloue Dominique. "Valorization of Vitellaria paradoxa butter in cosmetics and agrifood in Africa." GSC Advanced Research and Reviews 10, no. 1 (2022): 096–104. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5954284.

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Forest species are very abundant in African ecosystems and contribute to the economy of households, through their use in cosmetics, pharmaceuticals and agri-food. Among these species, <em>Vitellaria paradoxa</em> (sapotaceae) is a tree that can reach about fifteen meters, which grows exclusively in wooded savannas in Africa. Its area of distribution is Senegal, Mali, Burkina Faso, Guinea Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad and Ethiopia. The purpose of this study was to highlight the forms of valuation of shea butter in th

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Koudoro Yaya Alain, Konfo Tétédé Rodrigue Christian, Bakrou Orou Doro Emmanuel, Félicien Avlessi, Edwige Dahouenon-Ahoussi, and Dominique Sohounhloue. "Valorization of Vitellaria paradoxa butter in cosmetics and agrifood in Africa." GSC Advanced Research and Reviews 10, no. 1 (2022): 096–104. http://dx.doi.org/10.30574/gscarr.2022.10.1.0264.

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Forest species are very abundant in African ecosystems and contribute to the economy of households, through their use in cosmetics, pharmaceuticals and agri-food. Among these species, Vitellaria paradoxa (sapotaceae) is a tree that can reach about fifteen meters, which grows exclusively in wooded savannas in Africa. Its area of distribution is Senegal, Mali, Burkina Faso, Guinea Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad and Ethiopia. The purpose of this study was to highlight the forms of valuation of shea butter in the food industry and in cosm

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Bukar, N., D. Gungula, and J. Kapsiya. "Effects of Shea (Vitellaria paradoxa C. F. Gaertn) Nuts Storage Environments on the Quality of Shea Butter in Dry Savannah Environment of Adamawa State, Nigeria." International Journal of Plant & Soil Science 4, no. 1 (2015): 54–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.9734/ijpss/2015/9522.

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Gilli, Mengina, Muriel Côte, and Gretchen Walters. "Gatekeeping Access: Shea Land Formalization and the Distribution of Market-Based Conservation Benefits in Ghana’s CREMA." Land 9, no. 10 (2020): 359. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/land9100359.

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Community Resource Management Areas (CREMAs) in Ghana combine conservation and development objectives and were introduced in the year 2000. In some cases, they have connected collectors of shea (Vitellaria paradoxa) nuts with certified organic world markets, which can be understood as a ‘market-based’ approach to conservation. This paper examines how the benefits of this approach are distributed and argues that shea land formalization is crucial to this process. It makes this argument by drawing on interviews within two communities bordering Mole National Park. One community accepted to engage

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Bidyarthi, H. M. Jha, S. M. Mishra, M. A. Dande, P. M. Kuchar, and A. K. Shrivastava. "Innovation-Driven Business Case of Hanuman Vitamin." Journal of Business Administration Research 8, no. 2 (2019): 30. http://dx.doi.org/10.5430/jbar.v8n2p30.

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The proverbial saying – “to have mango at the coronel’s price” - fits exactly true in case of Hanuman Vitamin Foods Ltd., Khamgaon, a Public company established in the year 1966 which produced oil cake from the stone of the mango. This uniquely innovated venture went on to add production of Sal Seed oil, Kokum oil, Dhupa Seed oil, Illepe Nuts (from Indonesia) oil and Shea Nuts (from West African countries) oil through ultra modern plants/process manufacturing De Oiled Cake (DOC) and Cocoa Butter Equivalence (CBE) and exported them to Japan, Italy, Switzerland and all European countries except

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Ugese, Felix D., Paul K. Baiyeri, and Benjamin N. Mbah. "Agroecological variation in the fruits and nuts of shea butter tree (Vitellaria paradoxa C. F. Gaertn.) in Nigeria." Agroforestry Systems 79, no. 2 (2009): 201–11. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10457-009-9261-7.

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Dagbelou, V. K., S. A. Adekambi, and J. A. Yabi. "Growth of small and medium-sized agricultural enterprises and export market integration by smallholder farmers." Agro-Science 20, no. 3 (2021): 1–8. http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/as.v20i3.1.

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   Small and medium-sized enterprise (SMEs) growth and survival constitute opportunities for the smallholders to become integrated into the export market. Smallholders can gain additional incomes from their transactions with SMEs and in turn, poverty problem could be alleviated. This article aims to better understand how export SMEs’ growth and survival strengthens smallholders’ market integration development and livelihood improvement. We collected data from 52 SMEs involved in the cassava and shea butter sectors in Benin. Interviews were organized, based on the need of valu

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HONFO, Fernande G., Anita R. LINNEMANN, Mohamed M. SOUMANOU, Noel AKISSOE, and BOEKEL Martinus A. J. S. van. "Effect of storage period and boiling time of fresh shea nuts on physico-chemical characteristics of kernels and butter." African Journal of Food Science 16, no. 6 (2022): 160–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.5897/ajfs2018.1741.

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Badu, Mercy, Johannes Awudza, Peter M. Budd, and Stephen Yeates. "Determination of Physical Properties and Crystallization Kinetics of Oil From Allanblackia Seeds and Shea Nuts Under Different Thermal Conditions." European Journal of Lipid Science and Technology 120, no. 3 (2018): 1700156. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ejlt.201700156.

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Olorede, B. R., A. A. Onifade, and G. M. Babatunde. "COMPARATIVE UTILIZATION OF SHEA BUTTER CAKE AND PALM KERNEL CAKE BY BROILER CHICKENS." Nigerian Journal of Animal Production 24, no. 2 (2021): 124–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.51791/njap.v24i2.2312.

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The utilization of Shea butter cake (SBC), a by-product of fat extraction from sheabutter nuts (Butyrospennum paradoxum) was compared with Palm Kernel Cake (PKC) to establish its potential as a poultry feedstuff. A 2 x 3 factorial experiment combining two factors, SBC and PKC at three levels of inclusion (5%, 10% and 15%) was designed. The six dietary treatments were fed to a total of 180 day-old chicks up to 56 days of age. Broilers fed SBC diets consumed more feed (P < 0.05) than those fed PKC diets between 0-28 days of age. During the finisher period (29-56d) and the entire period (0-56d

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Adekambi, Souleimane A., Paul T. M. Ingenbleek, and Hans C. M. van Trijp. "Integrating Bottom-of-the-Pyramid Producers with High-Income Markets: Designing Institutional Arrangements for West African Shea Nut Butter Producers." Journal of Public Policy & Marketing 37, no. 2 (2018): 327–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0743915618813117.

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To reduce poverty, policy makers in developing and emerging markets have tried to connect producers at the bottom of the pyramid (BoP) to high-income markets. With supermarkets and exporters stretching their influence in these markets, policy makers can build their policies on the arrangements that companies offer to BoP producers. Although studies show that this approach is generally effective, no studies address the design of arrangements to increase their acceptance among BoP producers. This study tests the effects of three components of such arrangements (payment on delivery, third-party c

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Takal, Silas Uwumborge, Ebenezer Owusu-Sekyere, Kwame Ochire Boadu, and Abdul-Wahab Tahiru. "Assessing the Role of Local Institutions in Flood Resilience among Rural Communities in Northern Ghana." American Journal of Environment and Climate 4, no. 1 (2025): 64–75. https://doi.org/10.54536/ajec.v4i1.3941.

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This study investigates the roles of local institutions in shaping flood adaptation strategies among rural communities in Saboba District, Northern Ghana. Using interviews and focus groups, the research identifies four key adaptation practices: Off-season farming, Burning Charcoal, processing of shea nuts, and Cattle rearing. Both formal institutions, such as the Ministry of Food and Agriculture, and informal ones, including chieftaincy and family units, were found to be integral in providing resources, governance, and conflict mediation related to these practices. The findings reveal that whi

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Nangpiire, Clement, Zaruk Narsam Salifu, and Elizabeth Beduwa. "Transport optimization practices in the supply chain of Agro-firm companies: Evidence in Ghana." Journal of Future Sustainability 5, no. 1 (2025): 1–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.5267/j.jfs.2025.1.001.

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Transportation is one of the most important functions of logistics management because of its impact on both the level of customer service provision and the organization’s cost structure. The study explores the transportation cost optimization strategies and how they affect the supply chain performance of Shea nuts in the Agro-processing industries in Ghana. The quantitative study design was adopted and utilized to solicit data. With a sample size of 204 respondents. Data was analyzed using multiple linear regression in Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS v20). The results revealed in

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