Wild edible fruits of importance for human nutrition in semiarid parts of east Shewa Zone, Ethiopia: Associated indigenous knowledge and implications to food security

Pakistan Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 40-50

  Feyssa, Debela Hunde ^a   Njoka, Jesse T ^a   Asfaw, Zemede ^b   Nyangito, M M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Dryland agroforestry; Ethnobotany; Nutritional value; Wild edible fruits

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; LIPID; PROTEIN;

AGROFORESTRY; ARTICLE; ASH; BALANITES AEGYPTIACA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHIOPIA; ETHNOBOTANY; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD SECURITY; FRUIT; GREWIA FLAVESCENS; LAND USE; MOISTURE; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PLANT YIELD; WILD PLANT; ZIZIPHUS SPINA CHRISTI;

BALANITES AEGYPTIACA; GREWIA; ZIZIPHUS SPINA-CHRISTI;

EID: 79951743243     PISSN: 16805194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/pjn.2011.40.50     Document Type: Article

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