Bénin: Le greffage du karité, une première au Bénin

Nursery workers from various parts of Benin came to a seminar in Djougou to learn practical techniques for grafting the wild shea tree. Ouodiouma Samake and Modibo Doumbia from the World Agroforestry Centre in Mali shared their knowledge with participants.

The shea tree, Vitellaria paradoxa, has a range of uses and provides an income source for rural and urban populations in Benin.

Despite its economic importance, many producers are reluctant to grow the tree because it takes an average of 15-20 years to fruit. Populations of the tree are steadily declining in favour of cultivation of cotton and yam, and other

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