Production of and trade in African indigenous vegetables in the urban and peri-urban areas of Durban, South Africa

Development Southern Africa

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 291-308

  Shackleton, Charlie ^a   Paumgarten, Fiona ^a   Mthembu, Thami ^a   Ernst, Lisa ^a   Pasquini, Margaret ^b   Pichop, Germain ^c  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c World Vegetable Centre   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

African indigenous vegetables; Gender; Markets; Peri urban; Urban agriculture

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MARKET; AGRICULTURAL TRADE; CROP PRODUCTION; PERIURBAN AREA; RETAILING; URBAN AREA; VEGETABLE;

DURBAN; KWAZULU-NATAL; SOUTH AFRICA;

AMARANTHUS CAUDATUS; COLOCASIA ESCULENTA;

EID: 77956708985     PISSN: 0376835X     EISSN: 14703637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0376835X.2010.498937     Document Type: Article

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