Gendered food- and seed-producing traditions for pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum) and sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) in Tharaka-Nithi County, Kenya

Food Security, Gender and Resilience: Improving Smallholder and Subsistence Farming

January 22, 2016, Pages 73-89

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Mucioki, M.^a, 

Johns, T.^ab, 

Mucioki, S.K.^a

 

^a  School of Dietetics and Human Nutrition, McGill University, Canada
^b  Department of Plant Science, McGill University, Canada 

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ISBN: 978-131759657-8;978-113881694-7Source Type: Book Original language: English

DOI: 10.4324/9781315745855Document Type: Book Chapter

Publisher: Taylor and Francis Inc.

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