The role of wild foods in food security: the example of Timor-Leste

Food Security

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 55-65

  Erskine, William ^a   Ximenes, Anita ^b,c   Glazebrook, Diana ^b   da Costa, Marcelino ^b,c   Lopes, Modesto ^b,c   Spyckerelle, Luc ^b   Williams, Robert ^a,b   Nesbitt, Harry ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Seeds of Life East Timor   (Timor-Leste)

^c Ministry of Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries   (Timor-Leste)

Author keywords

Elephant s foot yam; Foraging; Household food security; Lesser yam; Lima bean; Wild food

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925517386     PISSN: 18764517     EISSN: 18764525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12571-014-0406-9     Document Type: Article

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