Wild edible plant species utilized by a subsistence farming community in Obalanga sub-county, Amuria district, Uganda

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Ojelel, Samuel ^a   Kakudidi, Esezah ^a  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Consumption; Indigenous knowledge; Subsistence farming; Wild edible plants

Indexed keywords

MANGIFERA INDICA; POACEAE; TAMARINDUS INDICA;

ADULT; AGE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; COOKING; EDIBLE PLANT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEMALE; FOOD PRESERVATION; FRUIT; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MALE; POPULATION GROUP; SEX DIFFERENCE; UGANDA;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; COOKING; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; FOOD PRESERVATION; FRUIT; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; PLANTS, EDIBLE; POPULATION GROUPS; SEX FACTORS; UGANDA;

EID: 84929009221     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17464269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-4269-11-7     Document Type: Article

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