African indigenous vegetables in urban agriculture
By: edited by C.M. Shackleton, M. Pasquini and A.W. Drescher.
Contributors: Shackleton, C. M.; Pasquini, M.; Drescher, Axel W.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Earthscan
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Sterling, VA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 298
ISBN-13: 9781844077151
Subjects: Vegetables -- Africa; Endemic plants -- Africa; Urban agriculture -- Africa
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Urban food systems and indigenous vegetables: defining the spaces and places for AIVs in urban and peri-urban agriculture / by Bianca Ambrose-Oji; title: Urban and peri-urban agriculture in African cities / by Andreas de Neergaard, Axel W. Drescher, Christophe Kouame; title: Biodiversity of African vegetables / by Patrick Maundu, Enoch Achigan-Dako & Yasuyuki Morimoto; title: Nutritional contributions of important African indigenous vegetables / by Ray-Yu Yang & Gudrun B. Keding; title: Production and harvesting systems for African indigenous vegetables / by Mel O. Oluoch ... [et al.]; title: The production of African indigenous vegetables in urban and peri-urban agriculture: a comparative analysis of case studies from Benin, Kenya and South Africa / by Margaret W. Pasquini ... [et al.]; title: Marketing of African indigenous vegetables along urban and peri-urban supply chains in SSA / by Katinka Weinberger & Germain N. Pichop; title: Integration of urban agriculture into spatial planning / by Wakuru Magigi & Axel W. Drescher; title: Integration of AIVs and urban agriculture: recurring themes and policy lessons for the future / by Charlie M. Shackleton, Margaret W. Pasquini & Axel W. Drescher.