%0 Book Section
%9 OS CH : Chapitres d'ouvrages scientifiques
%A Duminil, Jérôme
%A Icard-Vernière, Christèle
%A Carrière, Stéphanie M.
%A Rimlinger, A.
%A Nkoudou, N.
%A Fumtim, J.
%T Local knowledge : the domestication of tropical fruit trees
%B Sustainability science : participatory research (volume 4)
%C Marseille
%D 2025
%E Kleiche Dray, Mina
%E Goumri, M.
%E Fréour, Claire
%L fdi:010095749
%G ENG
%I IRD
%@ 978 -2-7099 -3096 -3
%K CAMEROUN
%P 72-75
%U https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010095749
%> https://horizon.documentation.ird.fr/exl-doc/pleins_textes/2025-12/010095749.pdf
%W Horizon (IRD)
%X Fruit trees provide food, drive economies and often hold



significant sociocultural value, factors that have histori-



cally driven the domestication of many species. The evo-



lutionary journey shaped by gathering, eating and trading



habits is largely overlooked. In Cameroon, a country



undergoing a food transition, the Agropolis Foundation's



'Arbopolis' project used a participatory approach that



brought together growers, consumers and researchers to



demonstrate the importance of safou (the fruit of Dacry-



odes edulis) in diet and cultural practices. These findings



will bolster the resilience of local food systems and sup-



port the sustainable management of this species' genetic



resources.
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