Assessing the levels of food shortage using the traffic light metaphor by analyzing the gathering and consumption of wild food plants, crop parts and crop residues in Konso, Ethiopia

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine

Volumn 8, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Ocho, Dechassa L ^a,b   Struik, Paul C ^b   Price, Lisa L ^c   Kelbessa, Ensermu ^d   Kolo, Koshana ^e  

^a UN OCHA Ethiopia   (Ethiopia)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^e Parka Office   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Crop residues; Ethiopia; Ethnobotany; Famine; Food situation assessment; Humanitarian relief; Indigenous knowledge; Konso; Traffic light metaphor; Wild food plants

Indexed keywords

ZEA MAYS;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; CROP; DIET; EMERGENCY; ETHIOPIA; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; LITERATURE; MALE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PLANT; PLANT STRUCTURES; POVERTY; RURAL POPULATION; STANDARD; SURVIVAL;

AGRICULTURE; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; DIET; EMERGENCIES; ETHIOPIA; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; FOOD SUPPLY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; METAPHOR; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; PLANT STRUCTURES; PLANTS, EDIBLE; POVERTY; RURAL POPULATION; SURVIVAL;

EID: 84869504137     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17464269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-4269-8-30     Document Type: Article

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