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AFRICAN GEOGRAPHICAL REVIEW
Volume 42, Issue 4, Pages 483-503Publisher
ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/19376812.2022.2074481
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Nutrition; dietary diversity; foraging; food environment; feminist political ecology
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This research reveals the importance of wild plants for dietary diversity, particularly for impoverished households in southwestern Burkina Faso.
Mainstream development thinking suggests that increasing agricultural production will increase wealth and lead to improved diets. However, in Burkina Faso, even better off rural areas are still experiencing widespread nutrition insecurity. Wild plants play a key role in rural diets and serve as a nutritional safety net. This research investigates the use of wild plants for dietary diversity among women rice farmers and their households in southwestern Burkina Faso. We use data collected through semi-structured interviews with 131 women over the 2016-2020 period. We find that wild foods are important for dietary diversity, especially for poor households.
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