Assessing the levels of food shortage using the traffic light metaphor by analyzing the gathering and consumption of wild food plants, crop parts and crop residues in Konso, Ethiopia

Assessing the levels of food shortage using the traffic light metaphor by analyzing the gathering and consumption of wild food plants, crop parts and crop residues in Konso, Ethiopia

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Humanitarian relief agencies use scales to assess levels of critical food shortage to efficiently target and allocate food to the neediest. These scales are often labor-intensive. A lesser used approach is assessing gathering and con...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Ocho Dechassa, Struik Paul C, Price Lisa L, Kelbessa Ensermu, Kolo Koshana
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-08-01
Series:Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine
Subjects:
Crop residues
Ethiopia
Ethnobotany
Famine
Food situation assessment
Humanitarian relief
Indigenous knowledge
Konso
Traffic light metaphor
Wild food plants
Online Access:http://www.ethnobiomed.com/content/8/1/30

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