Gathering of Wild Food Plants in Anthropogenic Environments across the Seasons: Implications for Poor and Vulnerable Farm Households

Ecology of Food and Nutrition

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 363-389

  Cruz Garcia, Gisella S ^a,b   Price, Lisa L ^c  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR TROPICAL AGRICULTURE CIAT   (Colombia)

^b BOTANICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF TEXAS   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

agricultural biodiversity; coping strategies; food security; gathering; poverty; rice farmers; seasonality; Southeast Asia; Thailand; wild food plants

Indexed keywords

COPING STRATEGY; CROP PRODUCTION; DIET; FOOD PRODUCTION; FOOD SECURITY; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; SEASONALITY; VULNERABILITY;

THAILAND;

CATERING SERVICE; DIET; EDIBLE PLANT; ENVIRONMENT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD QUALITY; HUMAN; POVERTY; PROCEDURES; RURAL POPULATION; SEASON; THAILAND;

DIET; ENVIRONMENT; FOOD HABITS; FOOD QUALITY; FOOD SUPPLY; HUMANS; PLANTS, EDIBLE; POVERTY; RURAL POPULATION; SEASONS; THAILAND;

EID: 84897739146     PISSN: 03670244     EISSN: 15435237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03670244.2013.808631     Document Type: Article

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