Miombo Woodland Mushrooms of Commercial Food Value: A Survey of Central Districts of Zimbabwe

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Wild Miombo woodlands mushrooms are a largely ignored nutrition-boosting food and source of income among rural communities of Southern Africa. A survey was conducted in the Gweru, Kwekwe, Shurugwi and Mvuma districts of Zimbabwe to establish the importance of this natural resource in household poverty reduction.Gathered quantities and sales realized were recorded through structured personal interviews targeting two thirds of gatherers with equal numbers of male and female respondents and one key informant in each site. Results showed that of 14 gathered mushroom species (orders Cantharellales, Amanitales and Termitomycetes) across all sites, five species were of varying commercial value. Amanita loosii was the most traded and the only on...

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Link externo
DOI:10.12691/jfs-5-2-5

Entidade Publicadora
Journal of Food Security

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Idioma do Documento
- Inglês

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Tipo de Biodiversidade
- Biodiversidade Florestal

Tipo de Informação
- Artigo com revisão pelos pares e teses universitárias

Tema
- Identificação, Monitoria, Indicadores e Avaliações

Áreas de Conservação Relevantes
- Todas Áreas de Conservação de Moçambique

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