@article{fdi:010077298, title = {{S}hea tree ({V}itellaria paradoxa {G}aertn. f.) : from local constraints to multi-scale improvement of economic, agronomic and environmental performance in an endemic {S}udanian multipurpose agroforestry species}, author = {{S}eghieri, {J}osiane}, editor = {}, language = {{ENG}}, abstract = {{S}hea trees ({V}itellaria paradoxa {G}aertn. f.) have been for perhaps as long as 3000 years probably the most economically and culturally important tree species in {S}udanian agroforestry systems. {T}he existing studies show that the specific magnitude and limits of shea tree presence and shea products' advantages are highly variable. {T}his synthesis paper gathers and updates most of the scattered knowledge on shea trees and parklands, reported by category of knowledge: socio-economic potential of shea production, current means of enhancing shea domestication, tree impacts on environmental resources and associated crop production. {I}t concludes with a proposal for a systemic and participative bio-economic modelling approach in order to simulate intensification of shea parklands' production using process-based research results on their economic, agronomic and environmental performance.}, keywords = {{A}frica ; {I}ntensification ; {P}roduct properties ; {S}ocio-economic issues ; {T}ree functioning ; {T}ree impacts ; {U}pscaling ; {AFRIQUE} {SUBSAHARIENNE} ; {ZONE} {SOUDANIENNE}}, booktitle = {}, journal = {{A}groforestry {S}ystems}, volume = {93}, numero = {6}, pages = {2313--2330}, ISSN = {0167-4366}, year = {2019}, DOI = {10.1007/s10457-019-00351-1}, URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010077298}, }