气候变化领域集成服务门户(CCPortal): Harvesting nature's bounty: exploring the ethnobotanical landscape of wild edible plants in the Awi Agäw community, Northwestern Ethiopia

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DOI	10.1186/s13002-024-00696-7
	Harvesting nature's bounty: exploring the ethnobotanical landscape of wild edible plants in the Awi Agäw community, Northwestern Ethiopia
	Fassil, Amare; Mazengia, Ethiopia; Gebreamanuel, Bekele; Dessie, Yitayih; Kumera, Bulti; Atnkut, Belsti; Mullualem, Destaw; Tsega, Alemu; Van Damme, Patrick
发表日期	2024
EISSN	1746-4269
起始页码	20
结束页码	1
卷号	20 期号:1
英文摘要	Background Feeding the world's future population while still facing a variety of socioeconomic and climate change scenarios with uncertain outcomes is a key global societal concern that should be addressed in a science-based manner. Ethiopia boasts a great diversity of wild edible plant species (WEPS), but millions of its citizens still suffer from chronic hunger every year. In this context, we here document the use and conservation of WEPS in the Awi Ag & auml;w community, Northwestern Ethiopia.Methods We performed a cross-sectional study from October 2021 to June 2022. Ethnobotanical and conservation status data were collected via semi-structured interviews, focus group discussions, field walks and market surveys. A total of 374 respondents from three districts (Guangua, Jawi and Ankasha) were purposely selected for the study. Descriptive statistics, including preference rankings, frequencies and direct matrix rankings, were employed for the data analysis.Results We identified a total of 39 WEPS plant taxa distributed among 26 families and 32 genera. The Moraceae and Rosaceae had the greatest numbers of plants, with five and three species, respectively. The WEPS are regularly consumed in the study area to alleviate hunger. However, threats such as habitat loss, agricultural expansion, deforestation for firewood and other reasons, and pesticide use threaten WEPS availability.Conclusion Therefore, community-based conservation interventions need to be encouraged to safeguard WEPS and associated traditional knowledge. Furthermore, nutritional quality analysis is recommended for the selection of promising WEPS candidates.
英文关键词	Edible plants; Ethnobotany; Indigenous knowledge; Food security
语种	英语
WOS研究方向	Biodiversity & Conservation ; Plant Sciences ; Pharmacology & Pharmacy
WOS类目	Biodiversity Conservation ; Plant Sciences ; Pharmacology & Pharmacy
WOS记录号	WOS:001235577900001
来源期刊	JOURNAL OF ETHNOBIOLOGY AND ETHNOMEDICINE
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/298169
作者单位	Czech University of Life Sciences Prague
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Fassil, Amare,Mazengia, Ethiopia,Gebreamanuel, Bekele,et al. Harvesting nature's bounty: exploring the ethnobotanical landscape of wild edible plants in the Awi Agäw community, Northwestern Ethiopia[J],2024,20(1).
APA	Fassil, Amare.,Mazengia, Ethiopia.,Gebreamanuel, Bekele.,Dessie, Yitayih.,Kumera, Bulti.,...&Van Damme, Patrick.(2024).Harvesting nature's bounty: exploring the ethnobotanical landscape of wild edible plants in the Awi Agäw community, Northwestern Ethiopia.JOURNAL OF ETHNOBIOLOGY AND ETHNOMEDICINE,20(1).
MLA	Fassil, Amare,et al."Harvesting nature's bounty: exploring the ethnobotanical landscape of wild edible plants in the Awi Agäw community, Northwestern Ethiopia".JOURNAL OF ETHNOBIOLOGY AND ETHNOMEDICINE 20.1(2024).