Feeding africas growing cities into the 21st century: The potential of urban agriculture

Journal of International Development

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 777-793

  Binns, Tony ^a   Lynch, Kenneth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROP PRODUCTION; FOOD SUPPLY; FUTURE PROSPECT; URBAN AGRICULTURE;

AFRICA;

EID: 0031760938     PISSN: 09541748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1328(1998090)10:6<777::AID-JID532>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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