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Food safety and informal markets: Animal products in sub-Saharan Africa

Published

2015

Status

Open Access

Language

en
Presentation
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/66360

Citation

Roesel, K. and Grace, D. 2015. Food safety and informal markets: Animal products in sub-Saharan Africa. Presented at the monthly CGIAR Uganda Research Seminar, Kampala, Uganda, 6 May 2015. Nairobi, Kenya: ILRI.

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  • animal products
  • food safety
  • health
  • markets
  • nutrition
  • research
  • zoonotic diseases
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Author(s)

  • Roesel, Kristina
  • Grace, Delia

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