Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Shea butter has become a highly sought-after ingredient in cosmetics and food manufacturing worldwide. Since the early 2000s its ...

Following the Tree Crops Development Authority’s (TCDA) price intervention that set a minimum producer price for shea nuts, some local shea processors are calling for a more transparent and ...

Training for stakeholders involved in the production, processing, packaging, marketing and export of shea nut has begun. The programme was inaugurated by the Minister of State for Industry, Trade and ...

Nigeria is the largest producer of shea butter in the world, with an annual production of 500,000 metric tonnes. The global shea butter market, which is growing rapidly, is estimated at $5 billion by ...

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In northern Uganda’s Pader district, a women-led cooperative is leading efforts to replant shea trees, restore deforested land and improve local livelihoods through the processing and sale of shea ...

Shea butter, extracted from shea nuts, is used in the food and cosmetics industries Photographs: Jessica Sarkodie for The Body Shop It is winter in Mbanayili. The temperature is nudging 37 degrees ...

President of Nigeria Bola Ahmed Tinubu banned the export of raw shea nuts from the country. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI Aug. 27 (UPI) --Nigeria announced a six-month ban on the export of raw shea ...

DURHAM, N.H.— The shea tree is a vital social and economic crop that is best known for the popular product shea butter—a multimillion-dollar ingredient used in cosmetics, personal care products, ...

The shea tree is best know as a source for a multimillion-dollar ingredient used in cosmetics, personal care products, pharmaceuticals and chocolate. But for hundreds of thousands of African families ...