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“I eat the manofê so it is not forgotten”: local perceptions and consumption of native wild edible plants from seasonal dry forests in Brazil

Overview of attention for article published in Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, May 2014
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Title
“I eat the manofê so it is not forgotten”: local perceptions and consumption of native wild edible plants from seasonal dry forests in Brazil
Published in
Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, May 2014
DOI 10.1186/1746-4269-10-45
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Margarita Paloma Cruz, Patrícia Muniz Medeiros, Iván Sarmiento-Combariza, Nivaldo Peroni, Ulysses Paulino Albuquerque

Abstract

There is little information available on the factors influencing people's selection of wild plants for consumption. Studies suggest a suitable method of understanding the selection of edible plants is to assess people's perceptions of these resources. The use and knowledge of wild resources is disappearing, as is the opportunity to use them. This study analyzes people's perceptions of native wild edible plants in a rural Caatinga (seasonal dry forest) community in Northeast Brazil and the relationships between the use of these resources and socioeconomic factors.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Brazil 3 2%
India 1 <1%
Unknown 124 97%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 21 16%
Student > Ph. D. Student 17 13%
Student > Bachelor 17 13%
Student > Doctoral Student 15 12%
Researcher 12 9%
Other 27 21%
Unknown 19 15%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 47 37%
Environmental Science 21 16%
Medicine and Dentistry 6 5%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 4 3%
Nursing and Health Professions 3 2%
Other 14 11%
Unknown 33 26%
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