Marketing of African indigenous vegetables along urban and peri-Urban supply chains in sub-saharan Africa

African Indigenous Vegetables in Urban Agriculture

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 225-244

  Weinberger, Katinka ^a   Pichop, Germain N ^b  

^a AVRDC THE WORLD VEGETABLE CENTER   (Taiwan)

^b Oklahoma City Community College   (United States)

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EID: 84867488563     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781849770019     Document Type: Chapter

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