Human-Induced Movement of Wild Food Plant Biodiversity Across Farming Systems is Essential to Ensure Their Availability
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 18980653 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Gisella S Cruz-Garcia (0000-0002-2699-3157, Botanical Research Institute of Texas, corresponding author), L L Price (0000-0001-9478-3488, Oregon State University) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 68-83 |
| Publication date | 2014-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Ethnobiology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0278-0771 • E-ISSN: 2162-4496 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2993/0278-0771-34.1.68 |
| OpenAlex | W2169064073 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 38 |
Farmers from around the world manage, gather and eat wild food plants from anthropogenic ecosystems. Research conducted in Northeast Thailand among rice farmers documents the pattern of this management related to the distribution of edible species. Interviews with 40 farm households yielded a total of 165 transplanting cases involving 32 species. Flows of transplanting material were unidirectional and bidirectional involving different anthropogenic ecosystems. Evidence of farmers' extensive transplanting of species in their gardens and fields indicates that they are ensuring availability and stability of the wild food plant supply for domestic consumption, which is crucial for local food security. We recorded 2,196 household gathering events for domestic consumption for one week a month over 12 months, showing that most species that are transplanted are actually gathered by local farmers. We conclude that conventional dichotomies of wild versus domesticated underlying conventional thinking and research on human food systems overlook the reality of how ‘wilderness’ and ‘farming’ come together in creative ways, forming foodways and securing the food supply as illustrated in this case of farmer management of wild food species across different ecosystems of the farming landscape
Agricultural biodiversity · Agriculture · Agroforestry · Biodiversity · Biology · Ecosystem · Food security · Food systems · Foodways · Geography · Wilderness · Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management · Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies · Geographies of human-animal interactions · Ecology
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| Unique citing works | 5 |
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| Citations per year | 0,45 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2021 (7) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |