Consumer preferences for maize products in urban Kenya

Food and Nutrition Bulletin

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 99-110

  De Groote, Hugo ^a   Kimenju, Simon Chege ^a,b  

^a International Maize Wheat Improvement Center   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Consumption; Kenya; Maize meal; Maize preparations

Indexed keywords

CONSUMER-RESOURCE INTERACTION; LANGUAGE; MAIZE; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; URBAN AREA; VITAMIN;

KENYA; NAIROBI [KENYA];

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84862983439     PISSN: 03795721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/156482651203300203     Document Type: Article

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