Dietary contribution of Wild Edible Plants to women’s diets in the buffer zone around the Lama forest, Benin – an underutilized potential

Food Security

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 833-849

  Boedecker, Julia ^a,b   Termote, Céline ^a,b   Assogbadjo, Achille Ephrem ^c   Van Damme, Patrick ^b   Lachat, Carl ^b,d  

^a BIOVERSITY INTERNATIONAL   (Italy)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABOMEY CALAVI   (Benin)

^d INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Dietary diversity; Nutrition; Wild edible plants

Indexed keywords

AGROECOLOGY; BUFFER ZONE; DEVELOPING WORLD; DIET; EDIBLE SPECIES; FOOD SECURITY; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITION; RURAL POPULATION; WOMENS HEALTH;

BENIN [WEST AFRICA]; LAMA FOREST RESERVE; ZOU;

EID: 84912520721     PISSN: 18764517     EISSN: 18764525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12571-014-0396-7     Document Type: Article

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