Utilization of wild vegetables in four districts of northern KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa

African Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 6, Issue 17, 2011, Pages 4159-4165

  Lewu, F B ^a   Mavengahama, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZULULAND   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cultivation; Domestication; Malnutrition; Northern KwaZulu Natal; Poverty; Respondents; Wild vegetables

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052649034     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1991637X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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