Sustainable production of traditional medicines in Africa

Appropriate Technologies for Environmental Protection in the Developing World - Selected Papers from ERTEP 2007

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 43-51

  Osunderu, O A ^a  

^a Hermon Development Foundation   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Health and prosperity; Market; Medicinal plants; Medicine; Resources; Traditional

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; CROPS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; INVESTMENTS; MARKETING; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; MEDICINE; OILS AND FATS; PLANT EXTRACTS;

MEDICINAL PLANTS; MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGIES; PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENTS; RESOURCES; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION; TRADITIONAL; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84897675931     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-9139-1_6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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