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Allanblackia, A New Tree Crop in Africa for The Global Food Industry: Market Development, Smallholder Cultivation And Biodiversity Management

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dc.creator Jamnadass, Ramni
dc.creator Dawson, Ian K.
dc.creator Anegbeh, Paul
dc.creator Asaah, Ebenezar K.
dc.creator Atangana, Alain
dc.creator Cordeiro, Norbert J.
dc.creator Hendrickx, Harrie
dc.creator Henneh, Samuel
dc.creator Kadu, Caroline A. C.
dc.creator Kattah, Cyril
dc.creator Misbah, Maha
dc.creator Muchugi, Alice
dc.creator Munjuga, Moses
dc.creator Mwaura, Lucy
dc.creator Ndangalasi, Henry J.
dc.creator Njau, Chrispine S.
dc.creator Nyame, Samuel K.
dc.creator Ofori, Daniel A.
dc.creator Peprah, Theresa
dc.creator Joanne, Russel
dc.creator Rutatina, Fidelis
dc.creator Sawe, Corodius
dc.creator Lars, Schmidt
dc.creator Tchoundjeu, Zac
dc.creator Simons, Tony
dc.date 2016-07-08T12:23:17Z
dc.date 2016-07-08T12:23:17Z
dc.date 2009-12
dc.date.accessioned 2018-03-27T08:55:34Z
dc.date.available 2018-03-27T08:55:34Z
dc.identifier Jamnadass, R., Dawson, I.K., Anegbeh, P., Asaah, E., Atangana, A., Cordeiro, N.J., Hendrickx, H., Henneh, S., Kadu, C.A., Kattah, C. and Misbah, M., 2010. Allanblackia, a new tree crop in Africa for the global food industry: market development, smallholder cultivation and biodiversity management. Forests, Trees and Livelihoods, 19(3), pp.251-268.
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11810/2920
dc.identifier 10.1080/14728028.2010.9752670
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11810/2920
dc.description Full text can be accessed at http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14728028.2010.9752670
dc.description The seeds of Allanblackia trees produce edible oil with significant global market potential. Consequently, a private-public partnership involving Unilever and known as 'Novella Africa' is engaged in the development of Allanblackia as a new crop in a number of African countries. The purpose of this partnership is to build a profitable and sustainable initiative for harvest, marketing and cultivation. Rural communities are directly involved and a participatory approach to domestication is being followed to maximise fanners' livelihood benefits. This is the first time a multinational company has partnered in such an approach, and the initiative represents an example for the domestication of other new tree crops. Investing in good communication between partners is considered to be essential to success by ensuring trust and a common understanding of priorities. Progress to date has involved the establishment of market supply chains for oil, based firstly on wild harvest, and the initiation of cultivation by smallholders. Further work will involve the development of rural resource centres to deliver improved germplasm to growers. At the same time, these centres will provide other services such as market information, credit and access to buyers. Through this strategy it is foreseen that there will be progress towards the development of a market value chain which removes producers' constraints to profitable involvement. Furthermore, the diversification of farmers' cropping systems should have positive impacts for biodiversity and provide resilience in the face of climate change. Currently, the most important activity under the initiative is the promotion of Allanblackia planting, so that production constraints do not hamper market development.
dc.language en
dc.publisher Taylor & Francis
dc.subject Private-public partnership
dc.subject Novella Africa
dc.subject Market supply chain
dc.subject Germplasm delivery system
dc.title Allanblackia, A New Tree Crop in Africa for The Global Food Industry: Market Development, Smallholder Cultivation And Biodiversity Management
dc.type Journal Article


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