Quantifying the economic contribution of wild food harvests to rural livelihoods: A global-comparative analysis

Hickey, Gordon M.; Pouliot, Mariève; Smith‐Hall, Carsten; Wunder, Sven; Nielsen, Martin Reinhardt

doi:10.1016/j.foodpol.2016.06.001

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“…The study area, the Indian Ocean Coastal Belt (IOCB), is host to rich biodiversity [56] and dense human population, is undergoing rapid land cover change [57], and urban foraging is highly prevalent in this region (Sardeshpande and Shackleton unpublished data). We focus on the planting and foraging of wild edible fruit species, because they are (i) widely foraged globally [58], within South Africa [59], and in the study area (Sardeshpande and Shackleton unpublished data), (ii) commonly found in the wild as well as in human-dominated landscapes including agroforestry systems, home gardens, and urban green spaces [60], (iii) significant contributors to nutrition and income across the socioeconomic and rural-urban gradient [23], (iv) often resilient to climatic and harvesting pressures [61], and (v) potentially important to urban biodiversity, particularly frugivores and pollinators [62]. South Africa is among the most unequal economies in the world ( [63], p. 21), with a quarter of its population living below the food poverty line ( [63], p. 14).…”

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Urban foraging: Land management policy, perspectives, and potential

Sardeshpande

Shackleton

2020

PLoS ONE

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Gathering of uncultivated food from green spaces, also known as foraging, is observed in urban areas across the world, but the literature focuses predominantly on the global north. Our study examines the existing urban land management structure and its approach to urban foraging in the eastern coastal region of South Africa. Through interviews with municipal officials in nine cities, we identified different stakeholders and their roles in urban green space management. We then used network analysis to represent interactions and influence of these stakeholders, and environmental worldviews to determine organisational and perceptual barriers to and enablers of foraging in urban green spaces. The policy on urban green space management, as well as land managers themselves are amenable to the concept of foraging in public spaces. Lack of knowledge on wild indigenous species and sustainable offtake, ambiguous, coarse, or lacking policy, and normative views of pristine nature may hinder foraging. We recommend pathways for policy and stakeholder partnerships to incorporate sustainable foraging in their biodiversity conservation and land stewardship strategies.

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Urban foraging: Land management policy, perspectives, and potential

Sardeshpande

Shackleton

2020

PLoS ONE

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“…Among these services, forest foods are collected by a large number of rural forest households in low-and middleincome countries. A study covering 24 countries indicates that over 55% of rural households with moderate-to-good access to forest resources collect forest food products (e.g., diverse species of animals, plants, and mushrooms) for subsistence (Hickey et al, 2016). For the top forest dependent communities across these countries, forest food products provide nearly 15% of the recommended quantities of fruits and vegetables, and 106% for meat and fish (Rowland et al, 2017).…”

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Forest Conservation: A Potential Nutrition-Sensitive Intervention in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

Rasolofoson

Ricketts

Jacob

et al. 2020

Front. Sustain. Food Syst.

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Childhood undernutrition yearly kills 3.1 million children worldwide. For those who survive early life undernutrition, it can cause motor and cognitive development problems that translate into poor educational performance and limited work productivity later in life. It has been suggested that nutrition-specific interventions (e.g., micronutrient supplementation) that directly address the immediate determinants of undernutrition (e.g., nutrient intake) need to be complemented by nutrition-sensitive interventions that more broadly address the underlying determinants of undernutrition (e.g., food insecurity). Here, we argue that forest conservation represents a potentially important but overlooked nutrition-sensitive intervention. Forests can address a number of underlying determinants of undernutrition, including the supply of forest food products, income, habitat for pollinators, women's time allocation, diarrheal disease, and dietary diversity. We examine the effects of forests on stunting-a debilitating outcome of undernutrition-using a database of household surveys and environmental variables across 25 low-and middle-income countries. Our result indicates that exposure to forest significantly reduces child stunting (at least 7.11% points average reduction). The average magnitude of the reduction is at least near the median of the impacts of other known nutrition interventions. Forest conservation interventions typically cover large areas and are often implemented where people are vulnerable, and thus could be used to reach a large number of the world's undernourished communities that may have difficult access Rasolofoson et al. Forest Conservation: Potentially Nutrition-Sensitive to traditional nutrition programs. Forest conservation is therefore a potentially effective nutrition-sensitive intervention. Efforts are needed to integrate specific nutrition goals and actions into forest conservation interventions in order to unleash their potential to deliver nutritional benefits.

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“…A wide range of studies have indicated an important role non-timber forest products (NTFPs) play in supporting rural household income base . Furthermore, Hickey et al, (2016) noted the role of wild foods in supporting food security and nutrition. For example, it was noted that people living around forests have greater access to forest foods such as wild fruits, leafy greens and bush meat Powell et al, 2013Powell et al, , 2015.…”

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confidence: 99%