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March 2006

Making Africa More Fruitful:
The World Agroforestry Centre Domesticates Wild Fruit Trees in Southern Africa


Vitex jam, strychnos or syzgium juice, and mazhanje jelly. Despite the exotic names, these are not the latest food creations resulting from genetic modification. Rather, they are new products from the fruit of trees indigenous to the Miombo woodlands of southern Africa. The World Agroforestry Centre has been working with farmwomen in the region to help market their fruit tree products.

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