How ethnobiology can contribute to food security

Journal of Ethnobiology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 12-27

  Kuhnlein, Harriet V ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Ethnobiology; Food and nutrition security; Food security; Food systems; Indigenous Peoples

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897707901     PISSN: 02780771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2993/0278-0771-34.1.12     Document Type: Article

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