Agricultural Journal

Year: 2011
Volume: 6
Issue: 4
Page No. 134 - 144

Contribution of Wild and Semi-Wild Food Plants to Overall Household Diet in Bunyoro-Kitara Kingdom, Uganda

Authors : Jacob Godfrey Agea, James Munga Kimondo, Clement Akais Okia, Refaat Atalla Ahmed Abohassan, Joseph Obua, John Hall and Zewge Teklehaimanot

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