Vegetable breeding in Africa: Constraints, complexity and contributions toward achieving food and nutritional security

Food Security

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 115-127

  Afari Sefa, V ^a   Tenkouano, A ^a   Ojiewo, C O ^a   Keatinge, J D H ^a   Hughes, J d'A ^a  

^a AVRDC THE WORLD VEGETABLE CENTER   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Combating micronutrient deficiency; Dietary diversity; Food and nutritional security; Vegetable breeding

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MARKET; FOOD SECURITY; FRUIT; HORTICULTURE; MINERAL; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; SMALLHOLDER; VEGETABLE; VITAMIN;

AFRICA;

EID: 83055173778     PISSN: 18764517     EISSN: 18764525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12571-011-0158-8     Document Type: Article

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