Developing Australian acacia seeds as a human food for the Sahel

Unasylva

Volumn 50, Issue 196, 1999, Pages 57-64

  Harwood, C ^a   Rinaudo, T ^b   Adewusi, S ^c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b Maradi Intgd Development Project   (Niger)

^c OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH; CROP PRODUCTION; FOOD SUPPLY;

AFRICA;

ACACIA; ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032781859     PISSN: 00416436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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