Author : Bruce R. French
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (299 download)
Book Synopsis Food Plants of Papua New Guinea by : Bruce R. French
Download or read book Food Plants of Papua New Guinea written by Bruce R. French and published by . This book was released on 2008* with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Food Plants International was formally established in 1999, but its origins go back to 1980. Bruce French, founder of FPI, was living in Papua New Guinea at the time, and noticed that many villagers suffered disease and malnutrition, often while surrounded by nutritious food plants. It wasn't that they didn't know anything about their local plants, but there were clearly a lot more edible plants than was readily recognised. Also, there was very little nutritional information available about the plants. Bruce also observed that most of the information taught in agricultural colleges related to temperate plants commonly produced in Western agriculture. From these humble beginnings, Bruce set out to document the food plants of PNG, an effort that soon spread to include the entire world of food plants.