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 Periodical article |
| Title: | African Enterprise in the Mangrove Trade: The case of Lamu |
| Author: | Curtin, P.D. |
| Year: | 1983 |
| Periodical: | Actes du Colloque Entreprises et Entrepreneurs en Afrique (XIXe et XXe siecles): Connaissance du Tiers Monde |
| Pages: | 129-140 |
| Geographic term: | Kenya |
| Discipline: | Economics |
| Subjects: | Mangroves Economy - trade Lamu - economy |
| Abstract: | The mangrove trade between East Africa and the Persian Gulf, where the poles are used for building purposes, has a long history. This article describes the organization of the production; the government's attempts to regulate the cutting and the marketing and the changes due to the economic vicisstitudes in the area. (Source: ASC Documentation). |