Traditional gathering of wild vegetables among the luo of western Kenya - A nutritional anthropology project

Ecology of Food and Nutrition

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 69-89

  Ogoye Ndegwa, Charles ^a   Aagaard Hansen, Jens ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Action fesearch; Africa; Consumption; Food security; Kenya; Luo; Micronutrients; Socioultural factors; Traditional vegetables

Indexed keywords

ACTION RESEARCH; ANTHROPOLOGY; FOOD SECURITY; NUTRITION; VEGETABLE;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 7044221062     PISSN: 03670244     EISSN: 15435237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03670240303114     Document Type: Article

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