“Filling the maize basket” supports crop diversity and quality of household diet in Malawi

Food Security

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 83-96

  Snapp, Sieglinde S ^a   Fisher, Monica ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL MAIZE AND WHEAT IMPROVEMENT CENTER CIMMYT   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Agro diversity; Diet quality; Intensification; Mixed cropping; Subsidies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925503489     PISSN: 18764517     EISSN: 18764525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12571-014-0410-0     Document Type: Article

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