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Urban food systems and African indigenous vegetables : defining the spaces and places for African indigenous vegetables in urban and peri-urban agriculture / Bianca Ambrose-Oji -- Urban and peri-urban agriculture in African cities / Andreas de Neergaard, Axel W. Drescher, Christophe Kouamé -- Biodiversity of African vegetables / Patrick Maundu, Enoch Achigan-Drako, Yasuyuki Morimoto -- Nutritional contributions of important African indigenous vegetables / Ray-Yu Yang, Gudrun B. Keding -- Production and harvesting systems for African indigenous vegetables / Mel O. Oluoch ... [et al.] -- The production of African indigenous vegetables in urban and peri-urban agriculture : a comparative analysis of case studies from Benin, Kenya and South Africa / Margaret W. Pasquini ... [et al.] -- Marketing of African indigenous vegetables along urban and peri-urban supply chains in sub-Saharan Africa / Katinka Weinberger, Germain N. Pichop -- Integration of urban agriculture into spatial planning / Wakuru Magigi, Axel W. Drescher -- African indigenous vegetables in urban agriculture : recurring themes and policy lessons fro the future / Charlie M. Shackleton, Margaret W. Pasquini, Axel W. Drescher.