Economic assessment of production of flour from Prosopis alba and P. pallida pods for human food applications

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 517-528

  Felker, Peter ^a   Grados, Nora ^b   Cruz, Gaston ^b   Prokopiuk, Dante ^c  

^a Secretaria Prod Medio Ambiente P   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE PIURA   (Peru)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL NORDESTE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Agroforestry; Nitrogen fixing trees; Protein; Sugar

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS;

PROSOPIS ALBA; PROSOPIS PALLIDA;

EID: 0037400078     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jare.2002.1064     Document Type: Article

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