Introduction: Agricultural biodiversity, diverse diets and improving nutrition

Diversifying Food and Diets: Using Agricultural Biodiversity to Improve Nutrition and Health

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 1-14

  Hunter, Danny ^a   Fanzo, Jessica ^b  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

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EID: 84894107274     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203127261     Document Type: Editorial

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