Wild Foods from Farm and Forest in the East Usambara Mountains, Tanzania

Ecology of Food and Nutrition

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 451-478

  Powell, Bronwen ^a,b   Maundu, Patrick ^c   Kuhnlein, Harriet V ^a   Johns, Timothy ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Indonesia)

^c BIOVERSITY INTERNATIONAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

agriculture; biodiversity; conservation; dietary diversity; nutrition; wild food

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; CHILD HEALTH; CONSERVATION; DIET; FOOD; NUTRITION;

TANGA [TANZANIA]; TANZANIA; USAMBARA MOUNTAINS;

ASCORBIC ACID; RETINOL; TRACE ELEMENT;

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CATERING SERVICE; DIET; FAMILY SIZE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD; HUMAN; IRON INTAKE; MALE; MOTHER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEASON; TANZANIA; TREE;

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; ASCORBIC ACID; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIET; ENERGY INTAKE; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FOOD; FOOD HABITS; FOOD SUPPLY; HUMANS; IRON, DIETARY; MALE; MICRONUTRIENTS; MOTHERS; SEASONS; TANZANIA; TREES; VITAMIN A;

EID: 84885081129     PISSN: 03670244     EISSN: 15435237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03670244.2013.768122     Document Type: Article

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