This paper presents a review of agroforestry in Africa from a gender perspective. It examines
women's participation relative to men and the challenges and successes they experience …

Indigenous fruits are considered to be part of the diet mostly by people in rural communities
of Zimbabwe, but they are still being underutilized. They can be eaten raw or processed into …

Cities and towns can be conceptualised as complex social-ecological systems or
landscapes that are composed of different spatial elements. Trees in urban landscapes …

Botswana is endowed with a variety of traditional food plants which grow annually despite
erratic rainfall. The most common traditional food plants are leafy vegetables (for example …

Background This paper presents the findings of a review undertaken on gender and the
adoption of agroforestry in Africa. The concept of gender as used in this paper is not about …

For many, Africa is regarded as a place of mystery and negative images, where reports of
natural disasters and civil strife dominate media attention, with relatively little publicity given …

A study was carried out to assess the physico-chemical characteristics of wild fruits:
Myrianthus holstii and Garcinia buchananii, consumed by rural communities in Rwanda …

Dry forests play a significant role if the livelihoods strategies of millions of people, including
many of the world's poorest. This paper reviews the role of dry forests in providing goods …

Monkey orange (Strychnos spp.) is a widely distributed fruit species in Southern Africa
commonly consumed by the local population. It has potential to improve the nutritional status …

Abstract Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has an estimated annual population growth rate of 2.7%
making it the highest globally. More than two thirds of the over 800 million people in the …