Dietary quality and tree cover in Africa

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 287-294

  Ickowitz, Amy ^a   Powell, Bronwen ^a   Salim, Mohammad A ^a   Sunderland, Terry C H ^a  

^a CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Africa; Dietary diversity; Dietary quality; Food security; Forests; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894372715     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2013.12.001     Document Type: Article

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