Spatial and Seasonal Diversity of Wild Food Plants in Home Gardens of Northeast Thailand¹.

ABSTRACT: Wild food plants (WFPs) are major components of tropical home gardens, constituting an important resource for poor farmers. The spatial and seasonal diversity of WFPs was analyzed across multi-species spatial configurations occurring within home gardens in a rice farming village in northeast Thailand. Data were collected in 77 sampling sites corresponding to five different home garden spatial configurations, namely fenced plot, fenced plot margin, yard, home garden boundary, and pot. Absolute abundance and frequency of occurrence were quantified per individual WFP species in both dry and rainy seasons, and data on additional uses (besides food) were collected through focus group discussions for each WFP species. A total of 20 species corresponding to 13 botanical families were reported. Re

SUBMITTER: Cruz-Garcia GS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4490187 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature