Integrating the indigenous Kei apple (Dovyalis caffra) into a local permaculture vegetable home eco-gardening system among resource-poor households in a semi-arid environment of South Africa

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 979, Issue , 2013, Pages 225-232

  Materechera, S A ^a   Swanepol, H R ^b  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b Kei Apple Eco Farm   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Agroforestry; Biodiversity; Food security; Home gardens; Indigenous fruits; Permaculture; Sustainability; Vermicomposting

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879570067     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2013.979.22     Document Type: Conference Paper

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