A survey of non-conventional plants consumed during times of food scarcity in three adjoining villages of Narail and Jessore districts, Bangladesh

American-Eurasian Journal of Sustainable Agriculture

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-5

  Biswas, Kakoli Rani ^a   Rahmatullah, Mohammed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Famine food; Jessore; Narail; Non conventional plants

Indexed keywords

ALTERNANTHERA PHILOXEROIDES; APONOGETON; ARTOCARPUS ALTILIS; ARTOCARPUS HETEROPHYLLUS; COLOCASIA ESCULENTA; MUSA BALBISIANA; NELUMBO NUCIFERA; NYMPHAEA;

EID: 79960454688     PISSN: 19950748     EISSN: 19981074     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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