Rice-crab production in South India

A Systematic Review on the Contributions of Edible Plant and Animal Biodiversity to Human Diets

“…The results show that from 23% (Rajasekaran and Whiteford 1993) to 52% (Rais et al 2009) of the recommended daily energy intake could be supplied by local foods. These studies, however, were based on estimated consumption of crab and agricultural products.…”

“…Often, a combination of dietary and nutritional assessments were used (n = 18). Only a few of these studies used a quantified dietary intake assessment (Rajasekaran and Whiteford 1993;Mennen and Mbanya 2000;Kuhnlein et al 2004Kuhnlein et al , 2006Roche et al 2008). Other studies (Begossi and Richerson 1993;Ogle et al 2001a;Steyn et al 2001;Lykke et al 2002;Kennedy et al 2005;Batal and Hunter 2007;Akrofi et al 2008) used a combination of local food biodiversity and dietary assessments, exploring thereby the intake of local foods and naming the species involved.…”

“…The seven studies on energy intake reported a variety of outcome indicators including per capita energy intake of local foods (Begossi and Richerson 1993), proportion of total energy derived from local foods (Mennen and Mbanya 2000;Kuhnlein et al 2004;Roche et al 2008), and contributions of locally produced foods to energy requirements (Rajasekaran and Whiteford 1993;Orban et al 2006;Rais et al 2009). None of the studies quantified the energy intake from foods that were identified up to species level, which did not allow us to associate the absolute energy contribution of the species eaten.…”

“…Local food biodiversity was mainly documented using a combination of interviews and by field observations (Rajasekaran and Whiteford 1993;Nordeide et al 1996;Mennen and Mbanya 2000;Ogle et al 2001a;Lykke et al 2002;Kennedy et al 2005;Englberger et al 2006;Nebel et al 2006;Orban et al 2006;Dovie et al 2007;Englberger et al 2008Englberger et al , 2009Englberger et al , 2010b. These studies belong mostly to the category of dietary diversification.…”

“…The dietary recalls were mostly 24-h recall (Rajasekaran and Whiteford 1993;Mennen and Mbanya 2000;Kuhnlein et al 2004;Kennedy et al 2005;Akrofi et al 2008;Roche et al 2008), recalls in relation to specific meals (Begossi and Richerson 1993), and recorded intakes on various days (Roos et al 2003;Pieroni et al 2005;Passos et al 2007).…”