The structure of urban and peri-urban gardens in Khartoum, Sudan

Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 487-500

  Thompson, James Lisle ^a,b   Gebauer, Jens ^a   Hammer, Karl ^a   Buerkert, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

^b One Harvest   (Australia)

Author keywords

Agroforestry; Biodiversity; Cropping systems; Food security; Homegardens; UPA

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; BIODIVERSITY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROPPING PRACTICE; FOOD SECURITY; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; PERIURBAN AREA; PLANT COMMUNITY; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; URBAN AGRICULTURE;

NILE RIVER;

ANIMALIA; CITRUS AURANTIIFOLIA;

EID: 77952011713     PISSN: 09259864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10722-009-9485-4     Document Type: Article

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