The status of wild food plants in Bulamogi County, Uganda

International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 485-498

  Tabuti, J R S ^a,b   Dhillion, S S ^a,c   Lye, K A ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROP; FOOD INTAKE; GENUS; HERB; NONHUMAN; PLANT; SPECIES CULTIVATION; UGANDA; WILD SPECIES;

CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ETHNOBOTANY; FOOD HABITS; FOOD SUPPLY; HUMANS; PLANTS, EDIBLE; UGANDA;

EID: 11344279319     PISSN: 09637486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09637480400015745     Document Type: Article

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