Shea (Vitellaria paradoxa C.F.Gaertn.) seedlings recovery after fire: gas-exchange, growth and biomass partitioning assessment

Mapping the vulnerability of indigenous fruit trees to environmental change in the fragile savannah ecological zone of Northern Ghana

“…Furthermore, this study addresses the connection between IFTs and climate extremes in northern Ghana, an area some researchers assert there is little empirical research on ( Tom-Dery et al., 2019 ; Kent, 2018 ; Pouydal, 2011 ). Adding to this body of literature, our results mainly provide insight into the different ways in which climate extreme events including drought, rain/windstorms, heavy rainfall negatively affected flowering processes, fruit production and growth of shea and dawadawa trees.…”

“…Women are known to depend on IFTs prominent among which are shea and dawadawa trees for income generation necessary to support their families and for their economic emancipation ( Kanlisi et al., 2014 ; Mawa et al., 2021 ). Although forests and trees constitute veritable ecological systems that inure benefits for the sustenance and well-being of humanity (FAO, 2010), it is recognized general consensus that climate change and other environmental change stressors, such as bush-burning and tree-logging have devastating effects on the distribution and availability of forests and tree resources ( Mbow et al., 2014 ; Tom-Dery et al., 2019 ). Thus, the consequences for rural livelihoods that are largely dependent on the extractive industry in the arid regions of SSA should be a key concern in development.…”