Biodiversity of African vegetables

African Indigenous Vegetables in Urban Agriculture

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 65-104

  Maundu, Patrick ^a   Achigan Dako, Enoch ^b   Morimoto, Yasuyuki ^c  

^a Department of Public Programmes for the Central Region National Museums   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABOMEY CALAVI   (Benin)

^c BIOVERSITY INTERNATIONAL   (Italy)

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EID: 84904773263     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781849770019     Document Type: Chapter

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