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| Title |
Use of weeds as traditional vegetables in Shurugwi District, Zimbabwe
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, August 2013
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| DOI | 10.1186/1746-4269-9-60 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Alfred Maroyi |
| Abstract |
Most agricultural weeds are usually regarded as undesirable and targeted for eradication. However, weeds are useful to human beings as food and traditional medicines. Few studies have been done to document the uses of weeds as traditional vegetables. This study was therefore, done to document indigenous knowledge related to the diversity and use of agricultural weeds as traditional vegetables in Shurugwi District, Zimbabwe, emphasizing their role in food security and livelihoods of the local people. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 80% |
| Unknown | 1 | 20% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 3 | 60% |
| Members of the public | 2 | 40% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 233 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 1 | <1% |
| Netherlands | 1 | <1% |
| Italy | 1 | <1% |
| Kenya | 1 | <1% |
| Australia | 1 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Namibia | 1 | <1% |
| United States | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 225 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 32 | 14% |
| Student > Master | 31 | 13% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 28 | 12% |
| Unspecified | 21 | 9% |
| Student > Bachelor | 19 | 8% |
| Other | 49 | 21% |
| Unknown | 53 | 23% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 55 | 24% |
| Unspecified | 21 | 9% |
| Environmental Science | 21 | 9% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 16 | 7% |
| Social Sciences | 14 | 6% |
| Other | 50 | 21% |
| Unknown | 56 | 24% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 26 June 2014.
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#6,768,162
of 22,747,498 outputs
Outputs from Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine
#257
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#58,647
of 198,653 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine
#6
of 19 outputs
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So far Altmetric has tracked 732 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a little more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 5.7. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 64% of its peers.
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