A survey on non-conventional plant parts consumed during monga- a seasonal famine which affects the Northern Districts of Bangladesh

American-Eurasian Journal of Sustainable Agriculture

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 230-236

  Jahan, Farhana Israt ^a   Islam, Md Tabibul ^a   Rajib ul Hasan, Md ^a   Chowdhury, Anita Rani ^a   Seraj, Syeda ^a   Aziz, Md Shah ^a   Jahan, Rownak ^a   Khatun, Mst Afsana ^b   Freedman, Robert ^a   Rahmatullah, Mohammed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEVELOPMENT ALTERNATIVE   (Bangladesh)

^b Lincoln College   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Famine food; Lalmonirhat; Monga

Indexed keywords

AMARANTHACEAE; ARACEAE; BRASSICACEAE; CONVOLVULACEAE; DIOSCOREACEAE; DRYOPTERIDACEAE; EUPHORBIA; EUPHORBIACEAE; MALVACEAE; MARANTACEAE; MORACEAE; MORINGACEAE; MUSACEAE; POACEAE;

EID: 78049272314     PISSN: 19950748     EISSN: 19981074     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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