The production of African indigenous vegetables in urban and peri-urban agriculture: A comparative analysis of case studies from Benin, Kenya and South Africa

African Indigenous Vegetables in Urban Agriculture

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 177-223

  Pasquini, Margaret W ^a   Assogba Komlan, Françoise ^b   Vorster, Ineke ^c   Shackleton, Charlie M ^d   Abukutsa Onyango, Mary O ^e  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Natl Inst of Agricultural Research   (Benin)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^d RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^e JOMO KENYATTA UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Kenya)

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EID: 84904775006     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781849770019     Document Type: Chapter

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