Increasing the production and consumption of vitamin A-rich fruits and vegetables: Lessons learned in taking the Bangladesh homestead gardening programme to a national scale

Food and Nutrition Bulletin

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 165-172

  Talukder, Aminuzzaman ^a   Kiess, Lynnda ^a   Huq, Nasreen ^a   De Pee, Saskia ^a   Darnton Hill, Ian ^a   Bloem, Martin W ^a  

^a Asia Pacific Regional Office   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRUIT; HOME GARDEN; NUTRIENT; VEGETABLE;

BANGLADESH;

EID: 0033938151     PISSN: 03795721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/156482650002100210     Document Type: Article

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