Household production of sorghum beer in Benin: Technological and socio-economic aspects

International Journal of Consumer Studies

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 258-264

  Kayodé, A P Polycarpe ^a,b   Hounhouigan, D Joseph ^a   Nout, Martinus J R ^b   Niehof, Anke ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABOMEY CALAVI   (Benin)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Gender; Income; Quality; Sorghum beer; Tchoukoutou

Indexed keywords

EID: 85006538105     PISSN: 14706423     EISSN: 14706431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1470-6431.2006.00546.x     Document Type: Article

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