期刊
HUMAN ECOLOGY
卷 38, 期 6, 页码 817-829出版社
SPRINGER/PLENUM PUBLISHERS
DOI: 10.1007/s10745-010-9356-9
关键词
Afghanistan; Indigenous knowledge; Food security; Food sovereignty; Health security; Health sovereignty; Medicinal plants; Pamir Mountains; Tajikistan
资金
- Division Of Undergraduate Education
- Direct For Education and Human Resources [0837489] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
Medicinal plants are indicators of indigenous knowledge in the context of political volatility and socio-cultural and ecological change in the Pamir Mountains of Afghanistan and Tajikistan. Medicinal plants are the primary health care option in this region of Central Asia. The main objective of this paper is to demonstrate that medicinal plants contribute to health security and sovereignty in a time of instability. We illustrate the nutritional as well as medicinal significance of plants in the daily lives of villagers. Based on over a decade and half of research related to resilience and livelihood security, we present plant uses in the context of mountain communities. Villagers identified over 58 cultivated and non-cultivated plants and described 284 distinct uses within 61 categories of treatment and prevention. Presence of knowledge about medicinal plants is directly connected to their use.
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