Homegardens - A Neglected Potential for Food Security and Sustainable Land Management in the Communal Lands of Zimbabwe

Journal of Agriculture in the Tropics and Subtropics

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 163-180

  Drescher, A W ^a   Hagmann, J ^b   Chuma, E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b Nat Resource Management Consultant   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Development; Extension; Food Security; Homegardens; Management Strategies; Soil fertility; Species Diversity; Sustainability; Zimbabwe

Indexed keywords

EID: 0345828550     PISSN: 00413186     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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