Identification and frequency of consumption of wild edible plants over a year in central Tunisia: a mixed-methods approach
To identify wild plants used as food and assess their frequency of consumption over a year in a region of Tunisia where agriculture is undergoing a major transformation from smallholder farming to an intensive high-input agricultural system.Qualitative ethnobotanical study followed by a survey of wo...
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Cambridge University Press
2020
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| author | Dop, M.C. Kefi, F. Karous, O. Verger, Eric O. Bahrini, A. Ghrabi, Z. El Ati, J. Kennedy, G. Termote, Céline Medina Study Group |
| author_browse | Bahrini, A. Dop, M.C. El Ati, J. Ghrabi, Z. Karous, O. Kefi, F. Kennedy, G. Medina Study Group Termote, Céline Verger, Eric O. |
| author_facet | Dop, M.C. Kefi, F. Karous, O. Verger, Eric O. Bahrini, A. Ghrabi, Z. El Ati, J. Kennedy, G. Termote, Céline Medina Study Group |
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| description | To identify wild plants used as food and assess their frequency of consumption over a year in a region of Tunisia where agriculture is undergoing a major transformation from smallholder farming to an intensive high-input agricultural system.Qualitative ethnobotanical study followed by a survey of women’s frequency of consumption of wild plants conducted using FFQ at quarterly intervals.Sidi Bouzid governorate of central Tunisia.Mixed-gender group of key informants (n 14) and focus group participants (n 43). Survey sample of women aged 20–49 years, representative at governorate level (n 584).Ethnobotanical study: thirty folk species of wild edible plants corresponding to thirty-five taxa were identified by key informants, while twenty folk species (twenty-five taxa) were described by focus groups as commonly eaten. Population-based survey: 98 % of women had consumed a wild plant over the year, with a median frequency of 2 d/month. Wild and semi-domesticated fennel (Foeniculum vulgare Mill. and Anethum graveolens) was the most frequently consumed folk species. Women in the upper tertile of wild plant consumption frequency were more likely to be in their 30s, to live in an urban area, to have non-monetary access to foods from their extended family and to belong to wealthier households.In this population, wild edible plants, predominantly leafy vegetables, are appreciated but consumed infrequently. Their favourable perception, however, offers an opportunity for promoting their consumption which could play a role in providing healthy diets and mitigating the obesity epidemic that is affecting the Tunisian population. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1066632025-12-08T09:54:28Z Identification and frequency of consumption of wild edible plants over a year in central Tunisia: a mixed-methods approach Dop, M.C. Kefi, F. Karous, O. Verger, Eric O. Bahrini, A. Ghrabi, Z. El Ati, J. Kennedy, G. Termote, Céline Medina Study Group wild plants ethnobotany consumption nutrition To identify wild plants used as food and assess their frequency of consumption over a year in a region of Tunisia where agriculture is undergoing a major transformation from smallholder farming to an intensive high-input agricultural system.Qualitative ethnobotanical study followed by a survey of women’s frequency of consumption of wild plants conducted using FFQ at quarterly intervals.Sidi Bouzid governorate of central Tunisia.Mixed-gender group of key informants (n 14) and focus group participants (n 43). Survey sample of women aged 20–49 years, representative at governorate level (n 584).Ethnobotanical study: thirty folk species of wild edible plants corresponding to thirty-five taxa were identified by key informants, while twenty folk species (twenty-five taxa) were described by focus groups as commonly eaten. Population-based survey: 98 % of women had consumed a wild plant over the year, with a median frequency of 2 d/month. Wild and semi-domesticated fennel (Foeniculum vulgare Mill. and Anethum graveolens) was the most frequently consumed folk species. Women in the upper tertile of wild plant consumption frequency were more likely to be in their 30s, to live in an urban area, to have non-monetary access to foods from their extended family and to belong to wealthier households.In this population, wild edible plants, predominantly leafy vegetables, are appreciated but consumed infrequently. Their favourable perception, however, offers an opportunity for promoting their consumption which could play a role in providing healthy diets and mitigating the obesity epidemic that is affecting the Tunisian population. 2020-04 2020-01-21T13:38:20Z 2020-01-21T13:38:20Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/106663 en Limited Access Cambridge University Press Dop, M.C.; Kefi, F.; Karous, O.; Verger, E.O.; Bahrini, A.; Ghrabi, Z.; El Ati, J.; Kennedy, G.; Termote, C.; the MEDINA Study Group (2020) Identification and frequency of consumption of wild edible plants over a year in central Tunisia: a mixed-methods approach. Public Health Nutrition 23(5) p. 782-794 . ISSN: 1368-9800 |
| spellingShingle | wild plants ethnobotany consumption nutrition Dop, M.C. Kefi, F. Karous, O. Verger, Eric O. Bahrini, A. Ghrabi, Z. El Ati, J. Kennedy, G. Termote, Céline Medina Study Group Identification and frequency of consumption of wild edible plants over a year in central Tunisia: a mixed-methods approach |
| title | Identification and frequency of consumption of wild edible plants over a year in central Tunisia: a mixed-methods approach |
| title_full | Identification and frequency of consumption of wild edible plants over a year in central Tunisia: a mixed-methods approach |
| title_fullStr | Identification and frequency of consumption of wild edible plants over a year in central Tunisia: a mixed-methods approach |
| title_full_unstemmed | Identification and frequency of consumption of wild edible plants over a year in central Tunisia: a mixed-methods approach |
| title_short | Identification and frequency of consumption of wild edible plants over a year in central Tunisia: a mixed-methods approach |
| title_sort | identification and frequency of consumption of wild edible plants over a year in central tunisia a mixed methods approach |
| topic | wild plants ethnobotany consumption nutrition |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/106663 |
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