Ethnobotanical Factors Influencing the Use and Management of Wild Edible Plants in Agricultural Environments in Benin
cg.contributor.center | Bioversity International - Bioversity | en_US |
cg.contributor.center | University of Abomey-Calavi, Ecole Polytechnique d’Abomey-Calavi, Faculty of Sciences and Technology of Dassa, Laboratory of Biotechnology, Genetic Resources and Plant and Animal Breeding - UAC/BIORAVE | en_US |
cg.contributor.center | Africa Rice Center - AfricaRice | en_US |
cg.contributor.crp | CRP on Dryland Systems - DS | en_US |
cg.contributor.crp | CRP on Integrated Systems for the Humid Tropics - Humidtropics | en_US |
cg.contributor.funder | Not Applicable | en_US |
cg.coverage.country | BJ | en_US |
cg.coverage.region | Western Africa | en_US |
cg.issn | 1547-3465 | en_US |
cg.journal | A Journal of Plants, People and Applied Research | en_US |
cg.subject.agrovoc | genetic resources | en_US |
cg.subject.agrovoc | indigenous knowledge | en_US |
cg.subject.agrovoc | management | en_US |
cg.subject.agrovoc | rural communities | en_US |
cg.subject.agrovoc | cultural values | en_US |
cg.subject.agrovoc | surveys | en_US |
cg.subject.agrovoc | wild plants | en_US |
cg.subject.agrovoc | households | en_US |
cg.volume | 10 | en_US |
dc.contributor | Vodouhe, Raymond | en_US |
dc.contributor | Dansi, Alexandre | en_US |
dc.contributor | Bellon, Mauricio | en_US |
dc.contributor | Kpeki, Bienvenu | en_US |
dc.creator | Avohou, Hermane | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-11-17T14:22:47Z | |
dc.date.available | 2016-11-17T14:22:47Z | |
dc.description.abstract | 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. | en_US |
dc.format | en_US | |
dc.identifier | https://mel.cgiar.org/reporting/downloadmelspace/hash/BFW7pThX/v/c61bd477601204462fa143d3c59dc470 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | 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. | en_US |
dc.identifier.status | Open access | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11766/5032 | |
dc.language | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | Ethnobotany Research and Applications | en_US |
dc.rights | CC-BY-NC-4.0 | en_US |
dc.source | A Journal of Plants, People and Applied Research;10,(2012) Pagination 571,592 | en_US |
dc.subject | socio-economic environments | en_US |
dc.subject | socio-economics | en_US |
dc.title | Ethnobotanical Factors Influencing the Use and Management of Wild Edible Plants in Agricultural Environments in Benin | en_US |
dc.type | Journal Article | en_US |
dcterms.available | 2012-12-03 | en_US |
dcterms.extent | 571-592 | en_US |