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Ethnobotanical Factors Influencing the Use and Management of Wild Edible Plants in Agricultural Environments in Benin

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Title Ethnobotanical Factors Influencing the Use and Management of Wild Edible Plants in Agricultural Environments in Benin
 
Creator Avohou, Hermane
 
Contributor Vodouhe, Raymond
Dansi, Alexandre
Bellon, Mauricio
Kpeki, Bienvenu
 
Subject socio-economic environments
socio-economics
 
Description This study investigates how the socioeconomic status of local people interacts with cultural, botanical, and economic features of wild edible plants to shape the floristic richness and management options of these resources. We interviewed husbands and their wives in 60 households from three ethnic groups in central Benin. We found that ethnicity affected the composition of managed species at the community level. Within communities, the richness and composition of species managed by households were shaped by the age of heads of households and land ownership by women. Within households, gender affected the richness of managed species and a gender specialization for specific groups of species was observed. The intensity of management practices used by locals depended on the level of knowledge they had on the species’ propagation and seed conservation combined with their use importance. In any case, they tended to adopt the most intensive strategies to secure the most importantresources.
 
Date 2012-12-03
2016-11-17T14:22:47Z
2016-11-17T14:22:47Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier https://mel.cgiar.org/reporting/download/hash/BFW7pThX
Hermane Avohou, Raymond Vodouhe, Alexandre Dansi, Mauricio Bellon, Bienvenu Kpeki. (3/12/2012). Ethnobotanical Factors Influencing the Use and Management of Wild Edible Plants in Agricultural Environments in Benin. A Journal of Plants, People and Applied Research, 10, pp. 571-592.
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11766/5032
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Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-NC-4.0
 
Format PDF
 
Publisher Ethnobotany Research and Applications
 
Source A Journal of Plants, People and Applied Research;10,(2012) Pagination 571,592