Plant species utilized as food during famines and their relevance today

Asian Agri-History

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 267-278

  Nene, Y L ^a  

^a Asian Agri History Foundation   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAMINE; FOOD SUPPLY; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; PLANT;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 5744237368     PISSN: 09717730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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