Intra-cultural Differences in the Importance of Plant Resources and Their Impact on Management Intensification in the Tehuacán Valley, Mexico

González-Insuasti, Martha Sofía; Casas, Alejandro; Méndez-Ramı́rez, Ignacio; Martorell, Carlos; Caballero, Javier

doi:10.1007/s10745-010-9369-4

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“…Thus, with their high interests and involvement in cultural activities, numerous environmental, cultural, economic and ecological factors can interact with innovative approaches [85]. In addition to these arguments, many experts advised that offering culturally-based management practices to provide solutions in ecosystems can contribute to sustainable service development.…”

Section: Cultural Resource Managementmentioning

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The Role of Sustainable Service Innovation in Crafting the Vision of the Hospitality Industry

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Abstract:The purpose of this study was to examine the key characteristics of sustainable service innovation in the hospitality industry. We conducted a content analysis based on the interview records for 17 experts (including three academic scholars, three government officers and 11 top-level managers) with an average of 20 years of experience in the hospitality management domain in Taiwan. The analytical results conform to Amabile's (1988) componential theory of creativity and innovation and show that 11 characteristics are major indicators of sustainable service innovation in the hotel management field. These include the following characteristics: market position, customer satisfaction, service orientation, environmental thinking, employee involvement, incentive mechanism, human resource development, environmental services, cultural resource management, government policy and school education. Accordingly, using the integrated theory of sustainable service innovation and professional opinions from experts, we provide theoretical and practical implications for current and future trends on sustainability and innovation in the hospitality industry.

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Section: Cultural Resource Managementmentioning

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“…The management practices were described and categorized based on a management intensity index modified from Blancas et al (2013) and González-Insuasti et al (2011). Indicators used to compute the management index are presented in Table 2.…”

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“…However, despite extensive ethnoecological knowledge and awareness of sustainable harvesting practices, market forces might bring communities to abusive harvesting of wild plant resources to meet both market demand and their immediate economic needs (Ghimire et al 2004;Sundriyal and Sundriyal 2004). González-Insuasti et al (2011) suggested a quantitative approach to investigate the determinants of management intensity tested for 20 edible plants under different management forms within a rural community of the Tehuacan Valley, Mexico. Management forms were influenced by socio-cultural variables such as age, education, and occupation as well as food preferences.…”

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“…Management forms were influenced by socio-cultural variables such as age, education, and occupation as well as food preferences. The type of land tenure was also important, as commercially important species tended to be managed in communal areas whereas non-commercial food species were managed more intensely in private areas (González-Insuasti et al 2011). Gender is also a decisive factor influencing management practices in communities where there is a gender differentiation of farm activities (Ekué et al 2010;Vodouhè and Dansi 2012).…”

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Drivers of Management of Spider Plant (Gynandropsis gynandra) Across Different Socio-linguistic Groups in Benin and Togo

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We investigated the relationships between the cultural importance of spider plant (Gynandropsis gynandra), a neglected leafy vegetable in West Africa, and the different management regimes of the species among six socio-linguistic groups in Benin and one in Togo. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 428 respondents. Cultural significance and management indices were used to quantify the importance of the species for each respondent. In addition to food uses, G. gynandra was used to cure 42 different diseases. A regression tree analysis revealed that the cultural importance and level of management of the species were strongly associated with ethnicity, gender, and to a lesser extent to age, education, income, and land tenure. Socio-linguistic groups with similar cultural background had convergent perceptions of the cultural importance of the species and described similar management practices. An analysis of farmers' willingness to change their current management practices revealed that migration, market opportunities, and external intervention might significantly affect future management decision-making processes. We discuss community-oriented approaches to upscale the species cultivation in the region. Our study highlights how cultural importance influences current and future management intensity and illustrates how ethnobotanical research can guide research for development strategies to enact positive changes in communities' management of traditional leafy vegetables.Nous avons étudié les relations entre l'importance culturelle du Caya blanc (Gynandropsis gynandra), un légume-feuille négligé en Afrique de l'Ouest, et les différents régimes de gestion de l'espèce au sein de six groupes socio-linguistiques au Bénin et un au Togo. Des entretiens semi-structurés ont été menés auprès de 428 informants. Des indices d'importance culturelle et de gestion ont été utilisés pour quantifier l'importance de l'espèce pour chaque informant. En plus des utilisations alimentaires, G. gynandra a été utilisé pour soigner 42 maladies différentes. Une analyse par arbre de régression a révélé que l'importance culturelle de l'espèce était fortement associée à l'ethnicité et au genre, et dans une moindre mesure à l'âge, l'instruction, le niveau de revenu et le mode de faire-valoir de la terre. Les groupes sociolinguistiques culturellement proches ont eu des perceptions convergentes de l'importance culturelle de l'espèce et décrit des pratiques de gestion similaires. Une analyse de la volonté des agriculteurs de modifier leurs pratiques de gestion actuelles a montré que la migration, les opportunités de marché et l'intervention extérieure pourraient affecter les futurs processus décisionnels de gestion. Nous avons discuté des approches axées sur la communauté pour améliorer la production de l'espèce dans la région. La présente étude souligne comment l'importance culturelle influence l'intensité de la gestion actuelle et future et illustre comment la recherche ethnobotanique peut guider les stratégies de recherche pour le dévelo...

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“…In order to better understand the processes of management and domestication it is necessary to incorporate socio-cultural aspects related to the use and valuation of a species (Casas et al, 1996;Blancas et al, 2013), which are distributed inter-culturally and intraculturally (González-Insuasti et al, 2011). Certainly, the values attributed to species by people will affect their incentives to manage them (Guijt, 1998) and to continue using them (Ogle, 2001).…”

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Management and Motivations to Manage “Wild” Food Plants. A Case Study in a Mestizo Village in the Amazon Deforestation Frontier

Cruz-García

2017

Front. Ecol. Evol.

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Human management of anthropogenic environments and species is tightly linked to the ecology and evolution of plants gathered by humans. This is certainly the case for wild food plants, which exist on a continuum of human management. Given alarming deforestation rates, wild food plant gathering is increasingly occurring in anthropogenic ecosystems, where farmers actively manage these species in order to ensure their availability and access. This study was conducted in a mestizo village in the Peruvian Amazon deforestation frontier, with the objective of documenting the management practices, including the human-induced movement of wild food plant species across the forest-agriculture landscape, and the motivations that farmers have to manage them using a qualitative ethnobotanical approach. The results of focus group discussions showed that 67% of the 30 "wild" food plant species reported for the village were managed, and almost all plants that were managed have been transplanted. The strongest flow of transplanted material was from forest to agricultural field (11 species), followed by market to field (five species), and field to home garden (four species). Farmers argued that the main reason for transplanting "wild" food plants was to have them closer to home, because they perceived that the abundance of 77% of these species decreased in the last years. Conversely, the most important reason for not transplanting a "wild" plant was the long time it takes to grow, stated for 67% of the species that have not been transplanted. Remarkably, more than half (57%) of the "wild" food plant species, including 76% of the species that are managed, have been classified as weeds by scientific literature. Finally, the "wild" food plant species were classified in six mutually exclusive groups according to management form and perceived abundance. The study concluded that "wild" food plant management, including management of species classified as weeds by scientific literature, is a crucial adaptation strategy of farmers aimed at ensuring their food security in scenarios of increasing deforestation. Finally, the article reflects on the major implications of human management on the ecology and evolution of food plant species.

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Intra-cultural Differences in the Importance of Plant Resources and Their Impact on Management Intensification in the Tehuacán Valley, Mexico

Cited by 15 publications

References 31 publications

The Role of Sustainable Service Innovation in Crafting the Vision of the Hospitality Industry

The Role of Sustainable Service Innovation in Crafting the Vision of the Hospitality Industry

Drivers of Management of Spider Plant (Gynandropsis gynandra) Across Different Socio-linguistic Groups in Benin and Togo

Management and Motivations to Manage “Wild” Food Plants. A Case Study in a Mestizo Village in the Amazon Deforestation Frontier

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