African indigenous vegetables in urban agriculture / edited by Charlie M. Shackleton, Margaret W. Pasquini and Axel W. Drescher. - London ; Sterling, VA : Earthscan, 2009. - xxix, 298 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Urban food systems and African indigenous vegetables : defining the spaces and places for African indigenous vegetables in urban and peri-urban agriculture / 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 / production of African indigenous vegetables in urban and peri-urban agriculture : a comparative analysis of case studies from Benin, Kenya and South Africa / 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 : recurring themes and policy lessons fro the future / Bianca Ambrose-Oji -- Andreas de Neergaard, Axel W. Drescher, Christophe Kouamé -- Patrick Maundu, Enoch Achigan-Drako, Yasuyuki Morimoto -- Ray-Yu Yang, Gudrun B. Keding -- Mel O. Oluoch ... [et al.] -- Margaret W. Pasquini ... [et al.] -- Katinka Weinberger, Germain N. Pichop -- Wakuru Magigi, Axel W. Drescher -- Charlie M. Shackleton, Margaret W. Pasquini, Axel W. Drescher. The

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Vegetables--Africa.
Endemic plants--Africa.
Urban agriculture--Africa.

SB323.A35 / A37 2009

635.096

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