African indigenous vegetables in urban agriculture /

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Imprint:London ; Sterling, VA : Earthscan, 2009.
Description:xxix, 298 p. : ill. (some col.), col. map ; 24 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7776721
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Other authors / contributors:Shackleton, C. M. (Charles Michael)
Pasquini, M. (Margaret)
Drescher, Axel W.
ISBN:9781844077151 (pbk.)
1844077152 (pbk.)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Urban food systems and African indigenous vegetables
  • Urban and peri-urban agriculture in African cities
  • Biodiversity of African vegetables
  • Nutritional contributions of important African indigenous vegetables
  • Production and harvesting systems for African indigenous vegetables
  • The production of African indigenous vegetables in urban and peri-urban agriculture
  • Marketing of African indigenous vegetables along urban and peri-urban supply chains in sub-Saharan Africa
  • Integration of urban agriculture into spatial planning
  • African indigenous vegetables in urban agriculture.