Contribution of wetland resources to household food security in uganda

Agriculture and Food Security

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Turyahabwe, Nelson ^a   Kakuru, Willy ^a   Tweheyo, Mnason ^a   Tumusiime, David Mwesigye ^a,b  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Food insecurity; Food security; Uganda; Wetland management; Wetland resources

Indexed keywords

EID: 85005989487     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20487010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2048-7010-2-5     Document Type: Article

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