Relearning old lessons for the future of food- by bread alone no longer: Diversifying diets with fruit and vegetables

Crop Science

Volumn 50, Issue , 2010, Pages S-51-S-62

  Keatinge, John D H ^a   Waliyar, Farid ^b   Jamnadas, Ramni H ^c   Moustafa, Ahmed ^d   Andrade, Maria ^e   Drechsel, Pay ^f   Hughes, Jacqueline D’a ^a   Kadirvel, Palchamy ^a   Luther, Kartini ^a  

^a AVRDC THE WORLD VEGETABLE CENTER   (Taiwan)

^b INTERNATIONAL CROPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR THE SEMI ARID TROPICS ICRISAT   (India)

^c WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

^d ICARDA APRP   (United Arab Emirates)

^e INTERNATIONAL POTATO CENTER   (Peru)

^f IWMI   (Sri Lanka)

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EID: 81255192663     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: 14350653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci2009.09.0528     Document Type: Article

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