Preface

African Indigenous Vegetables in Urban Agriculture

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Pasquini, Margaret W ^a   Young, Einir M ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84904784513     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781849770019     Document Type: Editorial

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