Wild and semi-wild leafy vegetables used by the Maale and Ari ethnic communities in southern Ethiopia

Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 221-234

  Kidane, Berhane ^a,b   van der Maesen, L J G ^c   Asfaw, Zemede ^d   Sosef, M S M ^b,e   van Andel, Tinde ^c  

^a ETHIOPIAN INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH   (Ethiopia)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^e BOTANIC GARDEN MEISE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Food shortage; Leafy vegetables; Social group differentiation; Traditional botanical knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939889070     PISSN: 09259864     EISSN: 15735109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10722-014-0147-9     Document Type: Article

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