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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 ...

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 ...

Shea butter is fat that’s extracted from the nuts of the shea tree. It’s solid at warm temperatures and has an off-white or ivory color. Shea trees are native to West Africa, and most shea butter ...

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 ...

Is shea butter good for hair? Learn the benefits, side effects, best usage tips, and top brands for your hair type in this ...

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 ...

EUGENE, Ore. -- University of Oregon anthropologists have pushed back the history of harvesting shea trees in West Africa by more than 1,000 years earlier than previously believed. Evidence for ...

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 ...

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, ...

Shea butter, a fat that’s extracted from the nuts of the shea tree, has many skin care uses. It’s solid at room temperature and has an off-white or ivory color. Share on Pinterest Shea butter has been ...