Ethnobotany, diverse food uses, claimed health benefits and implications on conservation of barley landraces in North Eastern Ethiopia highlands

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine

Volumn 7, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Shewayrga, Hailemichael ^a   Sopade, Peter A ^b  

^a Sirinka Agricultural Research Center   (Ethiopia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HORDEUM;

PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT;

ARTICLE; CEREAL; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ETHIOPIA; ETHNOBOTANY; FOOD HANDLING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HORDEUM; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; METHODOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

CEREALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DIET; ETHIOPIA; ETHNOBOTANY; FOOD HANDLING; GENETIC VARIATION; HORDEUM; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; PLANT PREPARATIONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 79959626222     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17464269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-4269-7-19     Document Type: Article

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