Horticultural and gathering practices complement each other: A case study in a rural population of Northwestern Patagonia

Ecology of Food and Nutrition

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 429-451

  Eyssartier, Cecilia ^a   Ladio, Ana H ^a   Inibioma, Mariana Lozada ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL COMAHUE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Gathering practice; Horticulture; Patagonia; Resilience; Traditional knowledge

Indexed keywords

CROPPING PRACTICE; CULTIVATION; HORTICULTURE; RURAL POPULATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE; VEGETABLE;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CATERING SERVICE; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNOBOTANY; GARDENING; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MEDICINAL PLANT; METHODOLOGY; PLANT; RURAL POPULATION; SOUTH AMERICA; VEGETABLE;

AGRICULTURE; ETHNOBOTANY; FOOD SUPPLY; GARDENING; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; PLANTS, EDIBLE; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RURAL POPULATION; SOUTH AMERICA; VEGETABLES;

PATAGONIA;

EID: 80052500368     PISSN: 03670244     EISSN: 15435237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03670244.2011.604587     Document Type: Article

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