Plant Resources of Tropical Africa

Plant Resources of Tropical Africa Foundation (PROTA)

Formation	2000
Founded at	Wageningen University
Dissolved	2013
Type	Documentation program NGO
Legal status	Foundation
Purpose	To improve access to information about useful plants in Africa
Headquarters	Wageningen, Netherlands Nairobi, Kenya (formerly)
Region	Tropical Africa
Products	PROTA Encyclopedia Series PROTA Recommends Book Series PROTA4U Database
Fields	Ethnobotany, Botany, Anthropology, African Studies, Horticulture, Forestry, International Development
Official language	English, French
Key people	J.S. Siemonsma (Program Director) R.H. Lemmens (General Editor) L.P. Oyen (General Editor) G.H. Schmelzer (Editor) C.H. Bosch (Editor) M. Brink (Editor) A. de Ruijter (Editor) P.C. Jansen (Editor) E.A. Boer (Photo Editor) T.H. Tan (Databank Manager) P.M. Parker (Database Creator) E.A. Omino (Africa/Kenya) S. Mbadinga (Gabon) J.S. Kaboggoza (Uganda) S. Rapanarivo (Madagascar) Z.L. Magombo (Malawi) J.R. Cobbinah (Ghana) M. Ouédraogo (Burkina Faso) M. Honadia (Burkina Faso) M. Chauvet (France) S.D. Davis (UK)
Affiliations	University of Wageningen
Website	https://www.prota4u.org/database/

Plant Resources of Tropical Africa, known by its acronym PROTA, is a retired NGO and interdisciplinary documentation programme active between 2000 and 2013. PROTA produced a large database and various publications about Africa's useful plants.