Wild Edible Fruit Species Cultural Domain, Informant Species Competence and Preference in Three Districts of Amhara Region, Ethiopia

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dc.contributor.authorMengistu, Fentahun
dc.contributor.authorHager, Herbert
dc.date.accessioned2009-09-17T22:42:49Z
dc.date.available2009-09-17T22:42:49Z
dc.date.issued2008
dc.descriptionresearch
dc.description.abstractThe study was carried out in Adiarkay, Debark and Dejen districts in a context where wild fruit bearing species suffer notable disregard from research and development strategies, and consequently the basic information remains verbally with the local people without being adequately documented. Free-listing, individual interviews, focus group discussions, direct observation and pair-wise ranking were used to glean and evaluate data. Altogether, 46 species make up the wild fruits domain of the study area. Each site and district appeared to have its own cultural domain, and salient and favorite species. There is a high correspondence between highly preferred and salient species. Aggregating free-list data to solicit a cultural domain of the highest stratum (study area) was found to highly underestimate the domains of lower strata (districts and sites). There exists a wealth of knowledge about wild fruit species, especially on the part of the youth, shedding light on the perpetuation of indigenous knowledge. Future studies on wild fruits in the area needs to capitalize on species identified to have high consent and should make use of informants identified as having high species competency.
dc.identifier.citationMengistu F, Hager H. 2008. Wild edible fruit species cultural domain, informant species competence and preference in three districts of Amhara region, Ethiopia. Ethnobotany Research and Applications 6:487-502.
dc.identifier.issn1547-3465
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10125/12501
dc.language.isoen-US
dc.publisherUniversity of Hawaii at Manoa
dc.subjectAmhara region
dc.subjectEthiopia
dc.subjectAdiarkay
dc.subjectDebark
dc.subjectDejen
dc.subjectwild fruit species
dc.subjectindigenous knowledge
dc.titleWild Edible Fruit Species Cultural Domain, Informant Species Competence and Preference in Three Districts of Amhara Region, Ethiopia
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