Food from the wild

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1994
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CTA. 1994. Food from the wild. Spore 52. CTA, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
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bibliography on the subject, Hidden harvest, is shortly to be published. This contains over 1,000 references and is available from: Ginni Tym, Sustainable Agriculture Programme, IIED, 3 Endsleigh Street, London WC1H 0DD UK
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Agricultural research has until now concentrated on the major food crops and on domestic livestock, vet food gathered and hunted from the wild continues to have an important place in the diet of many farming families. The Bukusu of Kenya, for example, consume at least 100) different species of fruit and vegetables and the Tswana of Botswana and South Africa Use 126 species of plants and 100 kinds of meat as a source of food. A bibliography on the subject, Hidden harvest, is shortly to be published. This contains over 1,000 references and is available from: Ginni Tym, Sustainable Agriculture Programme, IIED, 3 Endsleigh Street, London WC1H 0DD UK
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Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation
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