Shifting perceptions, preferences and practices in the African fruit trade: the case of African plum (Dacryodes edulis) in different cultural and urbanization contexts in Cameroon.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Understanding the perceptions, preferences and management practices associated with intraspecific variability of emblematic African tree crops is critical for their sustainable management. In this paper, we examine how the agrobiodiversity of a fruit tree species native to Central Africa, the African plum tree (Dacryodes edulis), is perceived and managed by Cameroonian cultivators.

Methods

Semi-structured interviews and tree surveys were conducted over four months with 441 African plum tree owners from three different ethnic groups (Bamileke, Bassa, Beti) in urban, peri-urban and rural areas. Questions focused on trees owners' perceptions-including the local nomenclature-preferences and management practices related to African plum trees and their intraspecific agr

SUBMITTER: Rimlinger A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8576868 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature