Promoting food security and enhancing Nigeria's small farmers' income through value-added processing of lesser-known and under-utilized indigenous fruits and vegetables

Food Research International

Volumn 76, Issue P4, 2015, Pages 986-991

  Charles Aworh, O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Food security; Lesser known indigenous fruits and vegetables; Value added processing

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ASCORBIC ACID; BEVERAGES; CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION; CROPS; CULTIVATION; DEFORESTATION; DEHYDRATION; FOOD SUPPLY; FORESTRY; HEMP; MOBILE SECURITY; NUTRITION; ORCHARDS; OSMOSIS; REGIONAL PLANNING; RURAL AREAS; STARS; VEGETABLES;

COMMERCIAL PRODUCTIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL SIGNIFICANCE; FINANCIAL INSTITUTION; FOOD SECURITY; INDIGENOUS FRUIT TREES; INDIGENOUS FRUITS; INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE; VALUE-ADDED PROCESSING;

FRUITS;

EID: 84930220160     PISSN: 09639969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodres.2015.06.003     Document Type: Article

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