Correlates of Product Quality of Soumbala, a West African Non-timber Forest Product

Simple item page
dc.contributor.authorKronborg, Mette
dc.contributor.authorIlboudo, Jean-Baptiste
dc.contributor.authorBassolé, Imael Henri Nestor
dc.contributor.authorBarfod, Anders Sanchez
dc.contributor.authorRavn, Helle Weber
dc.contributor.authorLykke, Anne Mette
dc.date.accessioned2014-10-09T02:01:35Z
dc.date.available2014-10-09T02:01:35Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.description.abstractKnowledge of the correlates of product quality is a prerequisite for further commercialisation of soumbala, a food product extracted from the leguminous tree Parkia biglobosa. In this study qualitative and quantitative data derived from interviews of producers and expert users are used to estimate the influence of Parkia biglobosa management practises, soumbala product processing practises, and nutritional composition of soumbala on perceived soumbala quality. Several variables on management practises correlated with high quality soumbala as revealed by binary logistic regression, with quality as the dependent variable and six management related variables as independent variables. Variables relating to product processing were examined using qualitative data from group sessions, gathering all the producers in a given village. Finally the relationship between nutritional compositions and soumbala quality was determined. The results show that local knowledge, management practises, and product processing practises are correlated with soumbala quality, whilst nutritional composition is a poor predictor of soumbala quality.
dc.format.extent14 pages
dc.identifier.citationKronborg, M., Ilboudo, J., Bassolé, I., Barfod, A., Ravn, H., Lykke, A. 2014. Correlates of Product Quality of Soumbala, a West African Non-timber Forest Product. Ethnobotany Research & Applications 12: 25-38.
dc.identifier.issn1547-3465
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10125/33989
dc.language.isoen-US
dc.publisherBotany Department, University of Hawaii at Manoa
dc.titleCorrelates of Product Quality of Soumbala, a West African Non-timber Forest Product
dc.typeArticle
dc.type.dcmiText
local.identifier.alturihttp://lib-ojs3.lib.sfu.ca:8114/index.php/era/article/view/785

Files

Original bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Thumbnail Image
Name:
Ethnobotany2014_3.pdf
Size:
489.37 KB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Download

Collections

2014 - Volume 12 : Ethnobotany Research and Applications