Wild foods from forests: Quantities collected across Zambia

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and advanced research instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationCenter for International Forestry Researchen
cg.contributor.affiliationFood and Agriculture Organization of the United Nationsen
cg.coverage.countryZambiaen
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2ZMen
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africaen
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1002/pan3.10367en
cg.isijournalISI Journalen
cg.issn2575-8314en
cg.issue5en
cg.journalPeople and Natureen
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.volume4en
dc.contributor.authorSteel, E.A.en
dc.contributor.authorBwembelo, L.en
dc.contributor.authorMulani, A.en
dc.contributor.authorMasheke Siamutondo, A.L.en
dc.contributor.authorBanda, P.en
dc.contributor.authorGumbo, D.J.en
dc.contributor.authorMoombe, K.B.en
dc.contributor.authorIckowitz, A.en
dc.date.accessioned2022-12-08T09:46:07Zen
dc.date.available2022-12-08T09:46:07Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/125847
dc.titleWild foods from forests: Quantities collected across Zambiaen
dcterms.abstractForests provide an immense range of benefits to people, many of which are not prioritized by forest policy because they are difficult to quantify. Wild foods from forests enhance the quality of diets for those who consume them and provide income for those who sell or trade them. The quantity of wild food collected is challenging to measure because of non-standard units, seasonal differences in collection patterns and large numbers of species. To provide initial estimates of collection volume in Zambia and pilot new methods, we surveyed 209 households across 14 villages randomly selected within 5 study areas covering all four agro-ecological areas between 6 August and 27 October, 2019. For each study area, we conducted a focus group to identify the most commonly collected species within each of nine food product types (mushrooms, insects, green leafy vegetables, tubers, fruits, nuts, wild meat, wild fish, and aquatic plants). All but one surveyed household collected some wild foods; on average, each household collected five types of food product, most commonly mushrooms, fruits and green leafy vegetables. Volume collected varied markedly by household, product type and study area. Rural households in Zambia are estimated to collect over 380 million litres, 380,000 m3, of wild foods annually. We estimate that 88% of these wild foods are collected directly from forests. Accounting for uncertainties, we estimate the volume of wild foods collected from forests to be at least 238,000 m3 per year, 125% of the volume of sawnwood produced, or about 12 million large (20 L) collecting buckets. Volume collected was not strongly correlated with metrics of wealth, indicating ubiquitous consumption of wild foods; however, the most food insecure collected particularly high volumes of wild food. Pilot market surveys found local value chains for wild foods, indicating a potential for economic contribution. Our results underscore the value of data that can be disaggregated locally and indicate that national estimates of quantities of wild food collected from forests would be highly useful for designing forest policy and management strategies.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen
dcterms.available2022-08-29en
dcterms.bibliographicCitationSteel, E.A., Bwembelo, L., Mulani, A., Masheke Siamutondo, A.L., Banda, P., Gumbo, D., Moombe, K., Ickowitz, A. 2022. Wild foods from forests: Quantities collected across Zambia. People and Nature. https://doi.org/10.1002/pan3.10367en
dcterms.extentpp. 1159-1175en
dcterms.issued2022-10en
dcterms.languageenen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-NC-ND-4.0en
dcterms.publisherWileyen
dcterms.subjectwild foodsen
dcterms.subjecthousehold surveysen
dcterms.subjectnontimber forest productsen
dcterms.typeJournal Articleen

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