African leafy vegetables in South Africa

Water SA

Volumn 33, Issue 3 SPECIAL EDICTION, 2007, Pages 317-326

  Jansen Van Rensburg, W S ^a   Van Averbeke, W ^b   Slabbert, R ^b   Faber, M ^c   Van Jaarsveld, P ^c   Van Heerden, I ^a   Wenhold, F ^d   Oelofse, A ^e  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b TSHWANE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

^c SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

African leafy vegetables; Collection; Cultivation; Ecology; Gender; History; imifino; morogo; Processing; Storage; Use

Indexed keywords

CROPS; ECOLOGY; GROWTH KINETICS;

AFRICAN LEAFY VEGETABLES; CULINARY REPERTOIRE;

VEGETATION;

CROPS; ECOLOGY; GROWTH KINETICS; VEGETATION;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; GENDER; LEAFY VEGETABLE; RURAL AREA; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; URBAN AREA;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 34250309248     PISSN: 03784738     EISSN: 18167950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/wsa.v33i3.180589     Document Type: Conference Paper

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