BOGOR, Indonesia (16 October 2013) — Wild foods provide numerous micronutrient benefits and thus can play an important role in improving diets.
In this podcast, Anna Finke interviews Bronwen Powell, a scientist with the Center for International Forestry Research, on the findings of a new study on nutrition in the East Usambara Mountains in Tanzania.
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Further reading
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