African indigenous vegetables in urban agriculture / edited by Ch arlie M. Shackleton, Margaret W. Pasquini and Axel W. Drescher. - London ; Sterling : Earthscan, 2009 - xxix, 298 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 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-u rban agriculture / Urban and peri-urban agr iculture in African cities / Biodiversity of African vegetables / Nutritional co ntributions of important African indigenous vegetables / Production and harvesting systems for African indigenous vegetables / Marketing of Africa n indigenous vegetables along urban and peri-urban supply chains in sub -Saharan Africa / Integr ation 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 -- Patr ick 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, Ax el W. Drescher -- Charlie M. S hackleton, Margaret W. Pasquini, Axel W. Drescher. The product ion of African indigenous vegetables in urban and peri-urban agricultur e : a comparative analysis of case studies from Benin, Kenya and South Africa /

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

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