Social wellbeing in forest-dependent communities: a focus on the importance of wild mushrooms in northern Zambia

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and advanced research instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationMcGill Universityen
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Institute of Tropical Agricultureen
cg.contributor.donorGlobal Affairs Canadaen
cg.contributor.donorCare Canadaen
cg.contributor.donorInternational Development Research Centreen
cg.coverage.countryZambia
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2ZM
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionSouthern Africa
cg.creator.identifierSteven Cole: 0000-0002-8947-0871en
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1080/14728028.2025.2489423en
cg.isijournalISI Journalen
cg.issn1472-8028en
cg.journalForests, Trees and Livelihoodsen
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.subject.iitaCLIMATE CHANGEen
cg.subject.iitaFORESTRYen
dc.contributor.authorNnebe, N.en
dc.contributor.authorHickey, G.M.en
dc.contributor.authorCole, S.M.en
dc.contributor.authorOrsat, V.en
dc.contributor.authorMelgar-Quinonez, H.en
dc.date.accessioned2025-05-09T10:00:09Zen
dc.date.available2025-05-09T10:00:09Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/174513
dc.titleSocial wellbeing in forest-dependent communities: a focus on the importance of wild mushrooms in northern Zambiaen
dcterms.abstractNon-timber forest products (NTFPs) are relevant for forest communities around the world. Within this context, income and dietary outcomes have been widely analyzed as the primary outcome measures. However, the emphasis on material gains and income obscures the experiences, social relations, and the motivations of common resource users. Situating wild food use and consumption within cultural traditions and social relations provides a more holistic understanding of the contributions these resources make to rural livelihoods. This emphasis is important given rapid land use changes and high rates of deforestation. The present study contributes to this research gap by examining the significance of wild mushroom value chains for people’s material and non-material social well-being in two rural communities in northern Zambia. Wild mushrooms make important contributions to the consumption and economic needs of rural households in Zambia, with evidence suggesting that poorer households and women are often more likely to depend on and derive greater benefits from their sale and use. A social wellbeing lens can help draw policy attention to the non-material benefits of NTFP value chains and add value to our understanding of the social and economic dynamics in forest-dependent communities.en
dcterms.accessRightsLimited Access
dcterms.audienceScientistsen
dcterms.available2025-04-08en
dcterms.bibliographicCitationNnebe, N., Hickey, G.M., Cole, S.M., Orsat, V. & Melgar-Quinonez, H. (2025). Social wellbeing in forest-dependent communities: a focus on the importance of wild mushrooms in northern Zambia. Forests, Trees and Livelihoods, 1-17.en
dcterms.extent1-17en
dcterms.issued2025en
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCopyrighted; all rights reserved
dcterms.subjectforestsen
dcterms.subjectcommunitiesen
dcterms.subjectmushroomsen
dcterms.subjectsub-saharan africaen
dcterms.subjectzambiaen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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