Uncultivated plants and livelihood support - A case study from the chepang people of Nepal

Ethnobotany Research and Applications

Volumn 7, Issue , 2009, Pages 409-422

  Aryal, Kamal Prasad ^a   Berg, Åke ^b   Ogle, Britta ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR INTEGRATED MOUNTAIN DEVELOPMENT   (Nepal)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARAGUS; ASPARAGUS RACEMOSUS; DIOSCOREA; DIOSCOREA ALATA; DIOSCOREA BULBIFERA; DIPLOKNEMA BUTYRACEA;

EID: 73649136100     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15473465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17348/era.7.0.409-422     Document Type: Article

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