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The use of wild fruits in Zimbabwe by B. M. Campbe is a Agricultural and Biological Sciences article available to read on EtoBox.
What is The use of wild fruits in Zimbabwe about?
Most peasant households in Zimbabwe use edible fruits of indigenous woody plants. Deforestation does not significantly affect availability of selected fruits, because people tend not to cut selected trees when clearing land for cultivation. "A different range of species is used in the different natural regions of Zimbabwe. Fruit use maihly occurs in the periods of seasonal food stress, even though these seasons are not necessarily the periods of maximum fruit abundance. Wild fruits, often the only source offruit for households, are used mostly by children. There is a significant trade in wild fruits.This paper concerns food plants not normally subject to agricultural policy, research, and extension activities, but which may play a significant role in household consumption: indigenous woody plants that bear edible fruits. Traditionally, ethnobotanical works on "wild" fruits are usually informal lists of fruits with notes on various aspects, e.g., preparation, taste, nutrition, etc. In this paper I present quantitative data on the use of wild fruits by peasant households in Zimbabwe. The major aim was to determine the importance of wild fruit species in some of the agro-ecological sy
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- Author
- B. M. Campbe
- Published
- 1987
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences (Life Sciences)