24/12/2025
Sellers under strain in Ivory Coast's struggling shea industry
With nuts scarce as the shea season draws to a close, buyer Souleymane Sangare's warehouses in Ivory Coast's northern city of Korhogo are empty. In a country where shea production is modest and largely based in the north, sellers made up for the shortfall by sourcing from Mali and Burkina Faso. But last year, the neighbouring countries ? among the world's top shea crop producers ? halted shea nut exports to boost local production. The shea tree is a symbol of the dry African savannah. Its fruit contains a nut that women collect and...
