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Wild harvest : plants in the hominin and pre-agrarian human worlds
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ISBN: 1785701266 178570124X 9781785701245 9781785701269 9781785701252 1785701258 9781785701238 1785701231 Year: 2016 Publisher: Oxford, England ; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : Oxbow Books,

Handbook of edible weeds.
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ISBN: 0849329469 9781351442992 1351442996 9780203719398 0203719395 9780849329463 Year: 2001 Publisher: Boca Raton CRC


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Edible Wild Plants: An alternative approach to food security
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ISBN: 3319630377 3319630369 Year: 2017 Publisher: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,

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This text focuses on underutilized wild plants that can help to reduce food deficiency in developing nations. Edible wild plants are viewed as a potential solution for overcoming food insecurity for families in these regions, with a specific focus on sustainable production and conservation measures. Detailed analysis of specific wild plants is provided, including the nutritional contents of each plant. A full list of edible wild plants is included for the benefit of researchers, plus a pictorial guide for easy identification of these plants. Specific case studies are provided in which edible wild plants are used to reduce food insecurity, and the diversity of edible wild plants is studied from a global perspective. In developing countries, a significant obstacle to human survival is the increasing gap between food availability and the growing human population. Food insecurity results in less consumption of fruits and vegetables and leads to mineral and vitamin deficiency for individuals in these regions. Edible Wild plants: An alternative approach to food security focuses on growing and using wild plants in order to reduce food insecurity and malnutrition. Wild edible plants are inexpensive and are a rich source of antioxidants, vitamins, fiber, and minerals. As the first book to specifically focus on edible wild plants and their vital role in food security and nutrition, this text is incredibly valuable to any researcher studying innovative potential solutions to food deficiency in the developing world.

Arbres, arbustes et arbrisseaux nourriciers en Afrique occidentale.
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ISBN: 9291300063 Year: 1995 Publisher: Dakar : ENDA-Editions,


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Wild Crop Relatives: Genomic and Breeding Resources : Vegetables
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ISBN: 364244217X 364220449X 9786613469915 128346991X 3642204503 Year: 2011 Publisher: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer,

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Wild crop relatives are now playing a significant part in the elucidation and improvement of the genomes of their cultivated counterparts. This work includes comprehensive examinations of the status, origin, distribution, morphology, cytology, genetic diversity and available genetic and genomic resources of numerous wild crop relatives, as well as of their evolution and phylogenetic relationship. Further topics include their role as model plants, genetic erosion and conservation efforts, and their domestication for the purposes of bioenergy, phytomedicines, nutraceuticals and phytoremediation. Wild Crop Relatives: Genomic and Breeding Resources comprises 10 volumes on Cereals, Millets and Grasses, Oilseeds, Legume Crops and Forages, Vegetables, Temperate Fruits, Tropical and Subtropical Fruits, Industrial Crops, Plantation and Ornamental Crops, and Forest Trees. It contains 125 chapters written by nearly 400 well-known authors from about 40 countries.


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Changes in the Use of Wild Food Plants in Estonia : 18th - 21st Century
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ISBN: 3319339478 3319339494 Year: 2016 Publisher: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,

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This book is a systematized overview of wild edible plants eaten in the territory of present Estonia, with a focus on the systematic changes within the field. Starting in the end of 18th century, when the first data was published, the text is an extended version and compilation of articles on the subject published by Drs. Kalle and Sõukand and includes unpublished fieldwork results. This work covers changes and tendencies not covered previously due to the limits of article length. Included in this data is a general overview table containing all used plant taxa, parts used and purposes of use. More details on specific food-uses are provided in separate chapters analysing dynamics of changes of the importance of wild plants within the specific food category.


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Wild Food Plants for Zero Hunger and Resilient Agriculture
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ISBN: 9789811965029 Year: 2023 Publisher: Singapore : Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd.,

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The edited volume brings out a comprehensive collection of information relevant to wild food plants, their importance for global sustainable food security, future-readiness, and resilient agriculture. The book's primary focus is to cover topics on the diversity of wild food plants across the globe, their nutraceutical importance, production-consumption trends, integration into the current food menu, and marketing and livelihood opportunities to the indigenous people. Sustainable development goals 1, 2, and 3 are significant for a poverty-free, hunger-free world and ensure good health and wellbeing of the people, respectively. The three goals are important and interlinked as achieving zero poverty will help reduce hunger among the people. Availability of nutritional and balanced food ensures good health. Wild food plants are an essential part of a nourishing and healthy diet for indigenous communities. They are globally collected from natural habitats or cultivated at more minor scales. Although consumed locally, they are an essential part of the diets of tribal and indigenous communities worldwide and hold immense potential to alleviate global hunger. Considering their importance for global sustainable food security, it is essential to clearly understand the future role of wild food plants for future readiness and resilient agriculture. Therefore, this book provides a piece of important information on these aspects. The book is a valuable resource for the audience ranging from undergraduate science students to the NGOs and institutions involved in poverty alleviation programs, policymakers, dieticians, horticulturists, plant breeders, farmers, health experts, and food enthusiasts.


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Ethnobotany and Biocultural Diversities in the Balkans : Perspectives on Sustainable Rural Development and Reconciliation
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ISBN: 1493914928 149391491X Year: 2014 Publisher: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer,

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This volume addresses recent and ongoing ethnobotanical studies in the Balkans. The book focuses on elaborating the relevance of such studies for future initiatives in this region, both in terms of sustainable and peaceful (trans-regional, trans-cultural) rural development. A multi-disciplinary viewpoint is utilized, with an incorporation of historical, ethnographic, linguistic, biological, nutritional and medical perspectives. The book is also authored by recognized scholars, who in the last decade have extensively researched the Balkan traditional knowledge systems as they pertain to perceptions of the natural world and especially plants. Ethnobotany and Biocultural Diversities in the Balkans is the first ethnobotany book on one of the most biologically and culturally diverse regions of the world and is a valuable resource for both scholars and students interested in the field of ethnobotany.

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Ethnobotany --- Traditional medicine --- Wild plants, Edible --- Traditional ecological knowledge --- Indigenous ecological knowledge --- Indigenous environmental knowledge --- T.E.K. (Traditional ecological knowledge) --- TEK (Traditional ecological knowledge) --- Traditional environmental knowledge --- Ethnoscience --- Experiential learning --- Biopiracy --- Indigenous peoples --- Edible native plants --- Edible weeds --- Edible wild plants --- Native edible plants --- Native plants, Edible --- Weeds, Edible --- Wild edible plants --- Wild food plants --- Wild plants as food --- Plants, Edible --- Ethnic medicine --- Ethnomedicine --- Folk medicine --- Home cures --- Home medicine --- Home remedies --- Indigenous medicine --- Medical folklore --- Medicine, Primitive --- Primitive medicine --- Surgery, Primitive --- Alternative medicine --- Folklore --- Medical anthropology --- Ethnopharmacology --- Ethnobiology --- Plants --- Human-plant relationships --- Ecology --- Botany. --- Biodiversity. --- Biological models. --- Plant Sciences. --- Systems Biology. --- Models, Biological --- Biological diversification --- Biological diversity --- Biotic diversity --- Diversification, Biological --- Diversity, Biological --- Biology --- Biocomplexity --- Ecological heterogeneity --- Numbers of species --- Botanical science --- Phytobiology --- Phytography --- Phytology --- Plant biology --- Plant science --- Natural history --- Plant science. --- Systems biology. --- Computational biology --- Bioinformatics --- Biological systems --- Molecular biology --- Floristic botany


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Edible Medicinal and Non Medicinal Plants : Volume 9, Modified Stems, Roots, Bulbs
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ISBN: 9789401795111 940179510X 9789401795104 9401795118 Year: 2015 Publisher: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer,

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This book continues as volume 9 of a multi-compendium on Edible Medicinal and Non-Medicinal Plants. It covers such plants with edible  modified storage subterranean stems (corms, rhizomes, stem tubers) and unmodified subterranean stem stolons,  above ground swollen stems and hypocotyls,  storage roots (tap root, lateral roots,  root tubers), and bulbs,  that  are eaten as conventional or functional food  as  vegetables and spices,  as herbal teas,  and may provide a source of food additive or nutraceuticals. This volume covers plant species with edible modified stems, roots and bulbs from Acanthaceae to Zygophyllaceae (tabular) and 32 selected species in Alismataceae, Amaryllidaceae, Apiaceae, Araceae, Araliaceae, Asparagaceae, Asteraceae, Basellaceae, Brassicaceae and  Campanulaceae in detail.  The edible species dealt with in this work include wild and underutilized crops and also common and widely grown ornamentals. To help in identification of the plant and edible parts about 120 colored illustrations are included.   As in the preceding  eight  volumes, topics covered include: taxonomy (botanical name and synonyms); common English and vernacular names; origin and distribution; agro-ecological requirements; edible plant parts and uses; plant botany; nutritive, medicinal and pharmacological properties with up-to-date research findings; traditional medicinal uses; other  non-edible uses; and selected/cited  references for further reading. This volume has  separate  indices for scientific and common names; and separate scientific and medical glossaries.

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Life Sciences. --- Plant Sciences. --- Agriculture. --- Biomedicine general. --- Medicine/Public Health, general. --- Biodiversity. --- Chemistry/Food Science, general. --- Life sciences. --- Medicine. --- Chemistry. --- Botany. --- Sciences de la vie --- Médecine --- Chimie --- Agriculture --- Biodiversité --- Botanique --- Botany --- Earth & Environmental Sciences --- Botany - General --- Medicinal plants. --- Wild plants, Edible. --- Desert plants. --- Desert flora --- Edible native plants --- Edible weeds --- Edible wild plants --- Native edible plants --- Native plants, Edible --- Weeds, Edible --- Wild edible plants --- Wild food plants --- Wild plants as food --- Drug plants --- Plant science. --- Arid regions plants --- Plants, Edible --- Plants, Useful --- Botanical drug industry --- Botany, Medical --- Materia medica, Vegetable --- Psychotropic plants --- Physical sciences --- Biological diversification --- Biological diversity --- Biotic diversity --- Diversification, Biological --- Diversity, Biological --- Biology --- Biocomplexity --- Ecological heterogeneity --- Numbers of species --- Clinical sciences --- Medical profession --- Human biology --- Life sciences --- Medical sciences --- Pathology --- Physicians --- Farming --- Husbandry --- Industrial arts --- Food supply --- Land use, Rural --- Botanical science --- Phytobiology --- Phytography --- Phytology --- Plant biology --- Plant science --- Natural history --- Plants --- Health Workforce --- Biomedicine, general. --- Floristic botany

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