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| Title: | Status and potential of wild edible plants of Arunachal Pradesh |
| Authors: | Angami, A
Gajurel, P R
Rethy, P
Singh, B
Kalita, S K |
| Keywords: | Arunachal Pradesh
Medicinal plants
Sustainable harvesting
Wild edible plants |
| Issue Date: | Oct-2006 |
| Publisher: | CSIR |
| IPC Code: | Int. Cl.8: A61K36/00, A61P1/02, A61P1/10, A61P1/12, A61P1/14, A61P11/00, A61P11/10, A61P19/00, A61P19/02, A61P29/00 |
| Abstract: | The consumption of wild plants is one of the strategies,
adopted by the local people for sustenance, is intrinsically linked to their
strong traditional & cultural system and is inseparable. The indigenous
communities continuously include wild edibles to their daily food intake and
sales from the surplus add to their income. Simultaneously, an emphasis on the
sustainable harvesting of wild edible plants will help enhance and maintain the
region’s biodiversity. As the local people are endowed with a vast knowledge
concerning the utilization of wild plants, the paper focuses on their knowledge
and illustrates the need to select local priority plant species with potential
to become valuable staple foods and important alternatives to the usual
cultivated agricultural crops. |
| Page(s): | 541-550 |
| ISSN: | 0975-1068 (Online); 0972-5938 (Print) |
| Source: | IJTK Vol.05(4) [October 2006]
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