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  1. Patrick M Maundu This book lists and illustrates many traditional food plants of Kenya. Available Online
    581.632 MAU
  2. Noel D. Vietmeyer This report is the second in a series of three evaluating underexploited African plant resources that could help broaden and secure Africa's food supply. The volume describes the characteristics of 18 little-known indigenous African vegetables (including tubers and legumes) that have potential as...
    633.109 VIE
  3. John R.K. Robson et al This purpose of this work is to encourage research on alternative food sources in order to reverse the Malthusian theory that population growth will deplete our food supplies. Over 900 references are cited.
    016.581 ROB
  4. Noel D. Vietmeyer Scenes of starvation have drawn the world's attention to Africa's agricultural and environmental crisis. Some observers question whether this continent can ever hope to feed its growing population. Yet there is an overlooked food resource in sub-Saharan Africa that has vast potential: native food...
    633.109 VIE | GA.003
  5. Ana Rosa Moncada Busamante, et al *Disponible solo en español. El proposito de este manual es proporionar a promotores y propmotoras una herraminenta que les permita conocer y difundir las buenas practicas agroecologicas indigenas, cuya aplicacion les permitira hacer una agricultura sostenible y ecologicamente segura, obtener...
    305.894 LAN SPANISH
  6. Noel D. Vietmeyer This fascinating, readable volume is filled with enticing, detailed information about more than 30 different Incan crops that promise to follow the potato's lead and become important contributors to the world's food supply. Some of these overlooked foods offer special advantages for developing...
    630.98 VIE
  7. Fernando Borja, Patricia Ramos, Abel Tobar. La presente publicacion da cuenta de esta inedita experiencia en el manejo, germinacion y produccion de especies nativeas en vivero, desarrolladas por cerca de doce anos. Nuestro interes, como con otras publicaciones del CAAP, es el de aportar, tanto al conocimiento tecnologico, como a la...
  8. Noel D. Vietmeyer This book is the third in a series evaluating underexploited African plant resources that could help broaden and secure Africa's food supply. The volume describes 24 little-known indigenous African cultivated and wild fruits that have potential as food- and cash-crops but are typically overlooked...
    631.109 VIE v.3
  9. Katinka Weinberger The purpose of this study is to provide recommendations for enhancing the role of indigenous vegetables for improved nutrition, healthy diet, and diversified income generation in home garden production and commercial farming systems in Tanzania. The study uses a multidisciplinary approach to...
    635. WEI
  10. Jessie Williamson This book includes a descriptive account of plants, mostly indigenous, which are of use to the peoples of Malawi. The majority of the plants are used in some way or other as food. They are listed under their botanical names in alphabetical order.
    581.632 WIL