Wild food, prices, diets and development: Sustainability and food security in Urban cameroon

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 4728-4759

  Sneyd, Lauren Q ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cameroon; Coping strategies; Diet; Food prices; Nutrition transition; Sustainability; Urban Africa; Wild food

Indexed keywords

COPING STRATEGY; DIET; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD MARKET; FOOD SECURITY; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; IMPORT; PRICE DETERMINATION; PUBLIC ACCESS; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN AREA;

CAMEROON;

EID: 84894095120     PISSN: 20711050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su5114728     Document Type: Article

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