Nutritional contributions of important African indigenous vegetables

African Indigenous Vegetables in Urban Agriculture

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 105-143

  Yang, Ray Yu ^a   Keding, Gudrun B ^b  

^a World Vegetable Center (AVRDC)   (Taiwan)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781849770019     Document Type: Chapter

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