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- Title
Traditional Knowledge and Management of Feijoa (Acca sellowiana) in Southern Brazil.
- Authors
dos Santos, Karine Louise; Peroni, Nivaldo; Guries, Raymond Paul; Nodari, Rubens Onofre
- Abstract
This paper investigates traditional knowledge of the use and management of Acca sellowiana in southern Brazil. Fifty-six informants from three rural communities were assigned to one of four subgroups ("maintainers," managers," "cultivators," or "users") based on their responses regarding management and use of A. sellowiana. Traditional knowledge related to use of this species is widespread among rural residents, but traditional knowledge related to management is fragmented depending on whether one uses, manages, or cultivates the species. Knowledge held in rural communities suggests that A. sellowiana could play an expanded role in local economies as well as biodiversity conservation. We suggest that participatory research could stimulate greater local use as well as on-farm conservation of A. sellowiana.
- Subjects
BRAZIL; MEDICINAL plants; USEFUL plants; BIODIVERSITY; PLANT species; TRADITIONAL medicine
- Publication
Economic Botany, 2009, Vol 63, Issue 2, p204
- ISSN
0013-0001
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s12231-009-9076-5