{"product_id":"white-gold-taufic-atinga-mohammed-9798255276714","title":"White Gold: Africa's Shea Economy: From Savannah Tree to Global Shelf","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA $2.76 billion global industry. Sixteen million women collectors. An average annual income of less than $200.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat gap is the story this book tells.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhite Gold: Africa's Shea Economy\u003c\/i\u003e is the most comprehensive account ever written of the global shea industry - from the wild, uncultivable Vitellaria paradoxa trees of the West African savannah, to the Rotterdam fractionation plants that transform their kernels into chocolate and luxury skincare, to the policy battles now reshaping who gets to keep the value Africa produces.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten by a practitioner who has managed shea aggregation operations in Ghana's Upper West Region - one of the most shea-dense zones on earth - this book delivers what no outsider observer can: field-level honesty about how the supply chain actually works, who profits, who pays, and what it will take to change the equation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn 19 chapters across five parts, you will discover: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy the shea tree cannot be commercially farmed - and what that means for the industry's entire future supply base\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow 16 million rural women sustain a multi-billion dollar global industry, often for less than the cost of one premium shea cream jar per year\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe complete chemistry of shea processing: from traditional village kneading bowls to industrial fractionation and Cocoa Butter Equivalents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy Ferrero, Nestlé, and Mondelez buy more shea annually than all cosmetics companies combined - and almost never disclose it\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat Nigeria's landmark 2025 raw export ban means for global supply chains and Africa's processing ambitions\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow climate change in the Sahel is quietly eroding the ecological foundation of the entire industry\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhich specific interventions have demonstrably improved collector incomes - and the structural reasons why voluntary sustainability initiatives alone will never close the wealth gap\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProfiles of the Big Four processors (AAK, Bunge, Cargill, Wilmar), the cosmetic titans (L'Oréal, Unilever, L'Occitane), and the emerging African players building the continent's answer\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis book includes: \u003c\/b\u003e 19 original data tables - 26 field callout boxes - 12 case studies - a 25-term industry glossary - a full bibliography - and a Global Shea Data Dashboard covering 2022-2026.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eEssential reading for agribusiness professionals, supply chain managers, commodity traders, development practitioners, policymakers, sustainability professionals, agricultural economists, and anyone who wants to understand what Africa's most important wild-harvested commodity is really worth - and who is receiving that value.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhite Gold belongs to Africa. The question is whether Africa will claim it.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Taufic Atinga Mohammed\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798255276714\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/06\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 190\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.58lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.40d","brand":"Taufic Atinga Mohammed","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49172590559487,"sku":"9798255276714","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/white-gold-taufic-atinga-mohammed-9798255276714","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}