Agrobiodiversity of Homegardens in Maranhão, Brazil

Sousa, Lucianna Lima Pereira de; Silva, Domingos Lucas dos Santos; Gomes, Gustavo da Silva; Silva, Guilherme Sousa da; Oliveira, Ronison Ferreira; Araújo, Maria de Fátima Veras; Conceição, Gonçalo Mendes da

doi:10.9734/ajee/2018/43639

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“…2). In this context, the habit of species seems to play a crucial role in their cultivation and maintenance in home gardens, since smaller species are preferred for cultivation/use in these spaces in different geographical areas , Sousa et al 2018). In addition, there is the fact that the concept of home gardens involves the cultivation of species near homes (Huai and Hamilton 2009), inferring that smaller species are relatively easy to grow and care of around or near homes, often adopted for access to the species.…”

Section: Local Botanical Knowledgementioning

confidence: 99%

Biocultural behavior and traditional practices on the use of species of Euphorbiaceae in rural home gardens of the Semiarid Region of Piauí State (NE, Brazil)

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In this article, we investigate the biocultural behavior regarding the use of species of the Euphorbiaceae in the Franco community, Cocal, Piauí State, located in the Semiarid Region of Brazil. For the study, we performed 19 interviews with the home gardens maintainers based on semi-structured interviews, and calculate the Use Value (UV) for each species mentioned by the interviewees. In addition, the importance of socioeconomic factors in this type of biocultural behavior was evaluated. Seven species of the Euphorbiaceae with biocultural emphasis were mentioned, distributed across four genera, which are cultivated for various purposes, including food, medicine, fuel, animal fodder, commercial sale, cultural uses, and others. The species Ricinus communis (“mamona”) presented the highest UV (7.0). Socioeconomic factors did not influence biocultural behavior associated with the use of plants of the botanical family studied. Our findings suggest that documented biocultural attitudes are essential to ensuring the resilience and conservation of biological and cultural diversity.

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Section: Local Botanical Knowledgementioning

confidence: 99%