A socio-economic analysis of forest foods consumption in Hoima and Masindi Districts of Uganda.

dc.creatorBanana, Abwoli Y.
dc.creatorTuriho-Habwe, G. P.
dc.date2012-08-31T13:19:03Z
dc.date2012-08-31T13:19:03Z
dc.date1997
dc.date.accessioned2018-09-04T12:32:47Z
dc.date.available2018-09-04T12:32:47Z
dc.descriptionMillions of households in the developing world depend on food from forests to supplement their diets especially as emergency food supplies during drought, famine and war periods. Forest foods, therefore, make a critical contribution to the food supply. The consumption of forest foods is, however, decreasing rapidly due to the rapid degradation of forest resources, erosion of indigenous knowledge and the influence of western culture values. This study has shown that distance from the forest, household income and education, reduced the hoousehold's dependency on forest foods while family life and, suprisingly land holding, were found to marginally increase use of forest foods.
dc.identifier1023-070X
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10570/668
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10570/668
dc.languageen
dc.publisherAfrican Crop Science Society
dc.relation;African Crop Science Conference Proceedings, 3
dc.subjectForest degradation
dc.subjectIndigenous knowledge
dc.subjectSocio-economics
dc.titleA socio-economic analysis of forest foods consumption in Hoima and Masindi Districts of Uganda.
dc.typeBook chapter
dc.typeTechnical Report
dc.typeWorking Paper
dc.typeOther
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