Contributes to:
Driving impact beyond our supply base
Shea is a fantastic crop that grows in agroforestry
systems or parklands of West Africa. Shea trees grow
wild or in traditional farming systems where agriculture
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improved soil quality and increased water holding
capacity. However, the trees are being put under an
increasing pressure by population growth in the shea
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farmland and settlements. Climate change is also
having a negative impact on shea tree population in
West Africa.
In order to mitigate these impacts and to ensure shea
trees will still be there to provide an income for the
next generation shea collectors, AAK has started two
initiatives in 2019 to support rejuvenation of trees in the
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and the Program for the Protection and Rehabilitation of
degraded lands and strengthening of local land in rural
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seedlings have been given to communities in Western
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the trees correctly and to ensure their survival as best
possible. We will be monitoring the success of this
project going forward.
The second initiative was driven by our business
unit in Western Europe who, as previously mentioned,
sponsored a partnership with TREE AID, and planted
834 trees across the shea belt for all visitors at our
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