Opportunities for commercialization and enterprise development of indigenous fruits in Southern Africa

Indigenous Fruit Trees in the Tropics: Domestication, Utillization and Commercialization

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 254-272

  Ham, C ^a   Akinnifesi, Festus K ^b   Franzel, Steven ^b   Jordaan, D D P S ^c   Hansmann, Chris ^d   Ajayi, O C ^b   Kock, Caroline de ^e  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^d Infruitec Nietvoorbij   (South Africa)

^e Speciality Foods of Africa Pvt Ltd   (Zimbabwe)

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