Traditions for Future Cross-National Food Security-Food and Foraging Practices among Different Native Communities in the Western Himalayas.

ABSTRACT: Traditional diets exist in all cultures and geographic regions, and they often represent healthy eating options. Traditional culinary preparations have, however, often undergone profound change, even in the isolated Himalayan region. Therefore, we adapted methods to identify traditional plant foraging activities to better understand their significance in food system sustainability, as well as to promote innovative local gastronomies. Information on wild food and foraging practices was gathered from varied ethnic groups such as Kashmiri, Gujjars, Pahari, Dogra, Bakarwal, Balti, Beda and Brokpa through interviews (n = 716) and group discussions (n = 67) in four bio-geographic regions of the Jammu and Kashmir Himalayas (J&KH). The data were subjected to ordination techniques (Principal Compon

SUBMITTER: Haq SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8944997 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature