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

Abstract

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

Keywords

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

Published in

Ethnobotany Research and Applications
2009, volume: 7, pages: 409-422

SLU Authors

• Berg, Åke

  • Department of Urban and Rural Development, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

Associated SLU-program

SLU Swedish Biodiversity Centre

UKÄ Subject classification

Environmental Sciences and Nature Conservation
Food Science

Permanent link to this page (URI)

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