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Assessment of biodiversity goods for the sustainable development of the chagra in an indigenous community of the Colombian Amazon: local values of crops.
- Source :
- Journal of Ethnobiology & Ethnomedicine; 4/1/2021, Vol. 17 Issue 1, p1-13, 13p
- Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- Background: The chagra is the agroforestry system adapted to the characteristics of the Amazon region. Recently, there has been a reported loss of biodiversity and traditional knowledge associated with the chagras. This paper characterizes the cultivators, exploring knowledge and expressed value perception in the context of the Amazonian chagra of an indigenous community; also, this prioritizes species, under the optics of commercial opportunity. Methods: A semi-structured instrument was applied to 14 volunteers, asking about marketing preferences and use values of the species; later, a floristic inventory and prioritization workshop was developed. Results: Sixty-two percent of the participants were 50 years or older at the time of the interview. Open conversations showed that traditional knowledge is a matter of practice; and is maintained mainly by the older "grandfathers". Thirty-eight species, belonging to 28 different families, were reported, showing considerable diversity. Seventy-nine percent of the participants consider the Leticia market and sales to tourists as the main marketing scenarios. Conclusions: The Ziora-Amena community centralizes the handling of chagras in the community's older adults, who transmit their traditional knowledge to new generations through oral tradition. Indicators of preference, use, and abundance highlight the food species. The perception of the trade stakeholder encourages research and development of endemic species, with health properties or ingredients for industry, which represent an opportunity of high added value for the region. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- CONSERVATION of natural resources
SUSTAINABILITY
SALES personnel
PSYCHOLOGY of agricultural laborers
HEALTH risk assessment
RESEARCH methodology
INTERGENERATIONAL relations
AGRICULTURE
COMMUNITY health services
INTERVIEWING
REGRESSION analysis
ETHNOPSYCHOLOGY
MARKETING
TRADITIONAL medicine
ETHNOLOGY research
SOCIOECONOMIC factors
INTELLECT
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
RESEARCH funding
STATISTICAL correlation
FORESTS & forestry
BIOTIC communities
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 17464269
- Volume :
- 17
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Ethnobiology & Ethnomedicine
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 149594416
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s13002-021-00453-0