Socioeconomic Dimensions of Wild Food Plant Use During the Conflict in Syria

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

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Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s12231-023-09579-6" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1007/s12231-023-09579-6</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12231-023-09579-6" target="_blank" >10.1007/s12231-023-09579-6</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Socioeconomic Dimensions of Wild Food Plant Use During the Conflict in Syria

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Wild plants have served as a food source for humans since ancient times. The use of such foods particularly increases when the availability or accessibility of conventional foods is limited due to emergency situations, such as conflicts. Eleven years of the war in Syria have caused substantial socioeconomic and cultural changes, and have led to widespread food insecurity across the country. Our study seeks to scrutinize the impact of socioeconomic factors (e.g., age, gender, education, household size, direct involvement in the conflict, and household income) on the use of wild food plants during the conflict. The study was conducted in the coastal region of Syria between March 2020 and March 2021. Fifty respondents (26 women and 24 men) were interviewed in-depth on their use of wild plants during the current economic conditions resulting from the conflict. Statistical analysis revealed that the number of used species increased with informant age, while it declined with the increase in annual household income. Informant gender was a predictor for both reliance on wild plants and frequency of use. These findings may be crucially important to understand the effect of socioeconomic conditions on human behavior towards natural resources in crisis conditions.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Socioeconomic Dimensions of Wild Food Plant Use During the Conflict in Syria

Popis výsledku anglicky

Wild plants have served as a food source for humans since ancient times. The use of such foods particularly increases when the availability or accessibility of conventional foods is limited due to emergency situations, such as conflicts. Eleven years of the war in Syria have caused substantial socioeconomic and cultural changes, and have led to widespread food insecurity across the country. Our study seeks to scrutinize the impact of socioeconomic factors (e.g., age, gender, education, household size, direct involvement in the conflict, and household income) on the use of wild food plants during the conflict. The study was conducted in the coastal region of Syria between March 2020 and March 2021. Fifty respondents (26 women and 24 men) were interviewed in-depth on their use of wild plants during the current economic conditions resulting from the conflict. Statistical analysis revealed that the number of used species increased with informant age, while it declined with the increase in annual household income. Informant gender was a predictor for both reliance on wild plants and frequency of use. These findings may be crucially important to understand the effect of socioeconomic conditions on human behavior towards natural resources in crisis conditions.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

10611 - Plant sciences, botany

Projekt

—

Návaznosti

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Rok uplatnění

2023

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

ECONOMIC BOTANY

ISSN

0013-0001

e-ISSN

0013-0001

Svazek periodika

77

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

SEP 2023

Stát vydavatele periodika

CZ - Česká republika

Počet stran výsledku

15

Strana od-do

267-281

Kód UT WoS článku

001028854100002

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85165212330