Enhancing the value of argan oil is the best mean to sustain the argan grove economy and biodiversity, so far

oleh: Charrouf Zoubida, Harhar Hicham, Gharby Saïd, Guillaume Dominique

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: EDP Sciences 2008-07-01

Deskripsi

In Morocco, the region covered with argan trees is named the argan grove. Its long-term preservation depends on the discovery of new and economically rewarding markets to sell argan tree produces. At the present time, the argan oil appears to be the best candidate to fulfill this task. The scientific results that have allowed the emergence of argan oil on the international edible and cosmetic oil markets are reported together with recent analytic results. Alternative approaches, not based on argan oil marketing but also aimed at safeguarding the argan grove, are also reported.