Quality of honey harvested and processed using traditional methods in rural areas of Kenya

Acta Veterinaria Brno

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 315-320

  Muli, Eliud ^a   Munguti, A ^a   Raina, S K ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY ICIPE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Codex Alimentarius; Honey quality; Sustainable livelihoods; Traditional processing methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 42449110276     PISSN: 00017213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2754/avb200776020315     Document Type: Article

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