Consumption of traditional vegetables in Central and Northeastern Tanzania

Ecology of Food and Nutrition

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 87-103

  Weinberger, Katinka ^a   Swai, Ignas ^b  

^a AVRDC THE WORLD VEGETABLE CENTER   (Taiwan)

^b Horticultural Research Institute Tengeru   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Consumption; Micronutrients; Tanzania; Traditional vegetables

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; FOOD CONSUMPTION; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

EID: 33645220365     PISSN: 03670244     EISSN: 15435237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03670240500530626     Document Type: Article

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