Diversifying diets: Using indigenous vegetables to improve profitability, nutrition and health in Africa

Diversifying Food and Diets: Using Agricultural Biodiversity to Improve Nutrition and Health

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 291-302

  Ojiewo, C ^a   Tenkouano, A ^a   Hughes, J D A ^a   Keatinge, J D H ^a  

^a AVRDC THE WORLD VEGETABLE CENTER   (Taiwan)

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EID: 84920607200     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203127261     Document Type: Chapter

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