Wild edible plant markets in Kisangani, democratic Republic of Congo

Human Ecology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 269-285

  Termote, Céline ^a   Everaert, Gert ^a   Meyi, Marcel Bwama ^b   Djailo, Benoît Dhed'a ^c   van Damme, Patrick ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b Institut Facultaire des Sciences Agronomiques IFA Yangambi   (Democratic Republic Congo)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KISANGANI   (Congo)

Author keywords

Democratic Republic of Congo; Domestication; Ethnobotany; Household income; Market potential; Poverty alleviation; Species priority setting; Under utilized species; Wild edible plants

Indexed keywords

DOMESTICATION; EDIBLE SPECIES; ETHNOBOTANY; FOOD MARKET; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; MARKET DEVELOPMENT; POVERTY ALLEVIATION;

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; KISANGANI; ORIENTALE;

COLA ACUMINATA; GARCINIA KOLA; GNETUM; GNETUM AFRICANUM; LANDOLPHIA OWARIENSIS; PIPER GUINEENSE; TETRACARPIDIUM CONOPHORUM;

EID: 84859783206     PISSN: 03007839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10745-012-9462-y     Document Type: Article

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