Growing up in the Betsileo landscape: Children's wild edible plants knowledge in Madagascar.

ABSTRACT: Understanding local knowledge about wild edible plants (WEP) is essential for assessing plant services, reducing the risks of knowledge extinction, recognizing the rights of local communities, and improving biodiversity conservation efforts. However, the knowledge of specific groups such as women or children tends to be under-represented in local ecological knowledge (LEK) research. In this study, we explore how knowledge of WEP is distributed across gender and life stages (adults/children) among Betsileo people in the southern highlands of Madagascar. Using data from free listings with 42 adults and 40 children, gender-balanced, we show that knowledge on WEP differs widely across gender and life stage. In addition, we find that children have extended knowledge of WEP while reporting diffe

SUBMITTER: Porcher V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8853535 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature