What is "famine food"? Distinguishing between traditional vegetables and special foods for times of hunger/scarcity (Boumba, Niger)

Human Ecology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 599-607

  Muller, Jocelyn ^a   Almedom, Astier M ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAMINE; FOOD SUPPLY; HUNGER; VEGETABLE;

AFRICA; BOUMBA; NIGER [WEST AFRICA]; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 48749092883     PISSN: 03007839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10745-008-9179-0     Document Type: Article

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