Uncultivated Plants and Livelihood Support- a case study from the Chepang people of Nepal

Sammanfattning

This study documents the use of un-cultivated food plants, their status and contribution to the livelihoods of the Chepang people of Nepal. Diversity fairs, key informant interviews and household surveys were used to identify use of plants as food, medicine and for cultural reasons. the uses of 85 uncultivated plants ios documented

Nyckelord

Shifting cultivation; key-informants; wild food plants; diversity fair; Chepang; Nepal; culture and tradition; food security; in-situ conservation

Publicerad i

Ethnobotany Research and Applications
2009, volym: 7, sidor: 409-422

SLU författare

• Berg, Åke

  • Institutionen för stad och land, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
    

Associerade SLU-program

SLU Centrum för biologisk mångfald, CBM

UKÄ forskningsämne

Miljö- och naturvårdsvetenskap
Livsmedelsvetenskap

Permanent länk till denna sida (URI)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/27198