Bibliographic citations
Alva, I., (2022). Etnobotánica de plantas silvestres alimenticias de la comunidad campesina Janac Chuquibamba, provincia de Calca, departamento de Cusco [Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina]. https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12996/5219
Alva, I., Etnobotánica de plantas silvestres alimenticias de la comunidad campesina Janac Chuquibamba, provincia de Calca, departamento de Cusco []. PE: Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina; 2022. https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12996/5219
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title = "Etnobotánica de plantas silvestres alimenticias de la comunidad campesina Janac Chuquibamba, provincia de Calca, departamento de Cusco",
author = "Alva Alvarado, Indira Margaret",
publisher = "Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina",
year = "2022"
}
This ethnobotanical research was part of the Project "Ecological and Socioeconomic Intensification of the Small Andean Agriculture" (AGROECO) and aims to systematize traditional knowledge of wild food plants in the Andean community of Janac Chuquibamba (Cusco- Perú), to contribute to family food security. The objectives of thesis were a) identify the wild food plants used in this community; and, b) describe the perceptions, uses, management, marketing, transmission of knowledge of wild food plants in this community. Data was collected between 2013 and 2014 through participatory observation, semistructured interviews, free listing exercises, focus groups, participatory mapping and transect walks. We documented 48 wild edible plants with local names and taxonomic classification, belonging to 26 botanical families. In addition, the farmers mentioned within this category 7 species from other kingdoms: 4 fungi, 1 alga, and 2 lichens. In the diet of the high Andean community of Janac Chuquibamba, a wide range of wild plant species is still included, through different preparations in the local cuisine. The farmers reported medicinal properties for many of these plants, for which phytochemical and nutritional studies of them are recommended. The trend is that there are more resources available in the wet season. The wild edible plants have different levels of management like simple harvesting, tolerance, promoting, protection, transplanting, sowing, and planting. The peasants reported selling 26 species of wild food plants in the nearby markets of Lamay, Calca, Coya, Pisac, Urubamba, and Chincheros, and even in Cusco. Learning about wild food plants occurs mainly in childhood, and the transmission of knowledge predominates vertically, and the mother is the main agent of transmission
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