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The Diversity of Edible Flowers and Its Biocultural Role in Local Food System in Dali, Southwest China

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Edible flowers (EFs) form a special group of food plants that serve a pivotal role in local food systems, both in their utilitarian value and cultural significance.
Qing Zhang, Jihai Zhang, Congli Xu, Xianjin Wu, Chunlin Long   +4 more
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Traditional food or biocultural threat? Concerns about the use of tilapia fish in Indigenous cuisine in the Amazonia of Ecuador

People and Nature, 2021
This article contributes to streams of knowledge related to biocultural diversity, food tourism and the cultural impacts of introduced species. Specifically, it explores the concerns that arise from the promotion of tilapia fish Oreochromis niloticus in ...
Verónica Santafe‐Troncoso, Philip A. Loring   +1 more
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Harnessing the nutritional potential of Cape wild edible plants: Insights, gaps and priorities

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Wild edible plants hold significant potential to strengthen food systems by enhancing nutrition, dietary diversity, climate resilience, sustainability and deeper connection of people to their food. In this study, we conducted a systematic literature review to identify knowledge gaps and assess the nutritional contributions of selected wild edible ...
Nicola Kühn, Loubie Rusch, Michelle Delport, Frances Storey, Emma van der Meulen, Laura Pereira   +5 more
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Nutritional properties, traditional uses and potential new applications for the sotol plant (Asparagaceae, Convallarioideae): A review

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Sotol (Dasylirion spp.) is a resilient desert plant that sustains ecosystems, cultures and livelihoods in Chihuahua Desert. Our review highlights its nutritional properties, traditional uses and potential new applications in food, pharmaceuticals, renewable energy and water remediation. By synthesizing evidence across disciplines, we show how sotol can
Dámaris Leopoldina Ojeda Barrios, Antonio Martínez Ruiz, Marisela Calderón Jurado, Ramón Saúl Luján Aguirre, Juan Luis Jacobo Cuellar, Oscar Sariñana‐Aldaco, María Teresa Martínez Damián, Oscar Cruz Alvarez   +7 more
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Crop biocultural trait diversity and its contribution to post conflict seed system resilience in Laelay Mychew district Northern Ethiopia

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Understanding crop biocultural trait diversity is crucial for sustaining agricultural resilience and guiding recovery in conflict-affected farming systems.
Shushay Welderufael, Tesfay Gidey, Hagos Gebreslassie, Mebrahtu Hishe, Haileluel Gebrehiwet   +4 more
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Capsicum chinense as an African traditional vegetable: Culture, resilience, and opportunity

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Capsicum chinense is central to everyday diets, cultural identity, and smallholder livelihoods across Sub‐Saharan Africa, yet remains overlooked in agricultural research and policy. This paper reframes C. chinense as a traditional, climate‐resilient vegetable shaped by centuries of farmer stewardship and cultural selection.
Derek W. Barchenger, Herbaud P. F. Zohoungbogobo   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Perspectives and behaviors surrounding planting practices in North America inform genetic conservation realities for American ginseng (Panax quinquefolius)

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American ginseng is a shade‐obligate, North American medicinal plant that is widely traded and used internationally. To meet global demand, ginseng is cultivated in forest farms in the Appalachian region of the USA and field‐based artificial shade farms in two regions: Ontario, Canada and Wisconsin, USA. We conducted social research leveraging in‐depth
Rachel E. Palkovitz, Mary K. Shenk, Eric P. Burkhart   +2 more
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From wild to tamed: Reimagining novel crops through omics and local plant diversity

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The global food system faces growing pressure from climate change, biodiversity loss, and rising nutritional demands. Agriculture has increased yields but reduced crop diversity, flavor, and nutritional quality, leaving societies vulnerable and dependent on a narrow set of staple species.
Alexandra Sanfeliu Meliá, Pablo D. Cárdenas   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Biocultural approaches to pollinator conservation [PDF]

, 2019
Pollinators underpin sustainable livelihoods that link ecosystems, spiritual and cultural values, and customary governance systems with indigenous peoples and local communities (IPLC) across the world.
Buchori, Damayanti, Kwapong, Peter K., Lyver, Phil, Quezada-Euán, Jose Javier, Quezada-Euán, José Javier G., Roué Marie, Lyver, Phil O' B., Carneiro da Cunha, Manuela, Imperatriz-Fonseca, Vera, Gikungu, Mary, Howlett, Brad, Nates-Parra, Guiomar, O’B. Lyver, Phil, Oteros-Roza, Elisa, Kwapong, Peter, Lyver, Phil O'B., Dicks, Lynn V., Saeed, Shafqat, Maués, Marcia, Pert, Petina L., Gikungu, Mary Gikungu, Oteros-Rozas, Elisa, Lyver, Phil O'B, Breslow, Sara, Martín López, Berta, da Cunha, Manuela Carneiro, Breslow, Sara J., Howlett, Brad G., Pert, Petina, Hill, Rosemary, Imperatriz-Fonseca, Vera L., Maués, Marcia M., Galetto, Leonardo, Potts, Simon G., Dicks, Lynn, Martín-López, Berta, LeBuhn, Gretchen, Roué, Marie   +37 more
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Management and incipient domestication of Chamaedorea tepejilote in agroforestry systems in Mexico

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Native wild plants are key elements in addressing global biodiversity loss and supporting sustainable food systems. We investigated how rural communities in Mexico manage Chamaedorea tepejilote, a wild palm with edible male inflorescences, by combining ethnobotanical, genetic, morphological and ecological approaches.
Viviana Andrade, Alejandro Casas, Edna Arévalo‐Marín, Gonzalo D. Álvarez‐Ríos, Hernán Alvarado‐Sizzo, Vanessa Guerrero‐Hernández, Paola Ubiergo‐Corvalán, Maite Lascurain‐Rangel   +7 more
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