Identification and frequency of consumption of wild edible plants over a year in central Tunisia: a mixed-methods approach.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To identify wild plants used as food and assess their frequency of consumption over a year in a region of Tunisia where agriculture is undergoing a major transformation from smallholder farming to an intensive high-input agricultural system.

Design

Qualitative ethnobotanical study followed by a survey of women's frequency of consumption of wild plants conducted using FFQ at quarterly intervals.

Setting

Sidi Bouzid governorate of central Tunisia.

Participants

Mixed-gender group of key informants (n 14) and focus group participants (n 43). Survey sample of women aged 20-49 years, representative at governorate level (n 584).

Results

Ethnobotanical study: thirty folk species of wild edible plants corresponding to thirty-five taxa were identified by

SUBMITTER: Dop MC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10200578 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature