Indigenous Knowledge of the Edible Weaver Ant Oecophylla smaragdina Fabricius Hymenoptera: Formicidae from the Vientiane Plain, Lao PDR
<p class="Abstract">Of major importance in realizing the potential of edible insects as a core element in improving food security, sustainable food production, and biodiversity conservation, are developments in sustainable exploitation of wild edible insect populations and in (semi-)...
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| author | Joost Van Itterbeeck Niane Sivongxay Bounthob Praxaysombath Arnold van Huis |
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| description | <p class="Abstract">Of major importance in realizing the potential of edible insects as a core element in improving food security, sustainable food production, and biodiversity conservation, are developments in sustainable exploitation of wild edible insect populations and in (semi-)cultivating and farming edible insects. Such developments can draw on both western science and indigenous knowledge. Oecophylla smaragdina Fabricius Hymenoptera: Formicidae, of which particularly the queen brood is commonly consumed in Thailand and the Lao PDR, is believed to have the potential to act as flagship/umbrella species in forest conservation and management, to be incorporated simultaneously as biological control agent and direct source of human food in agroforestry practices, and to be (semi-)cultivated. We provide a detailed account of indigenous knowledge of O. smaragdina and ant brood collection practices from the Vientiane Plain, Lao PDR, through focus group discussions and participant observations, and then reflect on sustainability and conservation issues, and on semi-cultivating constraints and possibilities embedded in indigenous knowledge and ant brood collection practices.</p><p> </p> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-68a4fbfb187c4694b572d1305b644b052022-12-22T01:54:31ZengSociety of EthnobiologyEthnobiology Letters2159-81262014-01-015041210.14237/ebl.5.2014.12584Indigenous Knowledge of the Edible Weaver Ant Oecophylla smaragdina Fabricius Hymenoptera: Formicidae from the Vientiane Plain, Lao PDRJoost Van Itterbeeck0Niane Sivongxay1Bounthob Praxaysombath2Arnold van Huis3Laboratory of Entomology, Department of Plant Sciences, Wageningen University, Droevendaalsesteeg 1, 6708 PB Wageningen, the NetherlandsDepartment of Biology, Faculty of Science, National University of Laos, Ban Dongdok, Vientiane, PO Box 7322Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, National University of Laos, Ban Dongdok, Vientiane, PO Box 7322Laboratory of Entomology, Department of Plant Sciences, Wageningen University, Droevendaalsesteeg 1, 6708 PB Wageningen, the Netherlands<p class="Abstract">Of major importance in realizing the potential of edible insects as a core element in improving food security, sustainable food production, and biodiversity conservation, are developments in sustainable exploitation of wild edible insect populations and in (semi-)cultivating and farming edible insects. Such developments can draw on both western science and indigenous knowledge. Oecophylla smaragdina Fabricius Hymenoptera: Formicidae, of which particularly the queen brood is commonly consumed in Thailand and the Lao PDR, is believed to have the potential to act as flagship/umbrella species in forest conservation and management, to be incorporated simultaneously as biological control agent and direct source of human food in agroforestry practices, and to be (semi-)cultivated. We provide a detailed account of indigenous knowledge of O. smaragdina and ant brood collection practices from the Vientiane Plain, Lao PDR, through focus group discussions and participant observations, and then reflect on sustainability and conservation issues, and on semi-cultivating constraints and possibilities embedded in indigenous knowledge and ant brood collection practices.</p><p> </p>http://ojs.ethnobiology.org/index.php/ebl/article/view/125Oecophylla smaragdinaentomophagyedible insectsindigenous knowledgeLao PDRsemi-cultivationagroforestry |
| spellingShingle | Joost Van Itterbeeck Niane Sivongxay Bounthob Praxaysombath Arnold van Huis Indigenous Knowledge of the Edible Weaver Ant Oecophylla smaragdina Fabricius Hymenoptera: Formicidae from the Vientiane Plain, Lao PDR Ethnobiology Letters Oecophylla smaragdina entomophagy edible insects indigenous knowledge Lao PDR semi-cultivation agroforestry |
| title | Indigenous Knowledge of the Edible Weaver Ant Oecophylla smaragdina Fabricius Hymenoptera: Formicidae from the Vientiane Plain, Lao PDR |
| title_full | Indigenous Knowledge of the Edible Weaver Ant Oecophylla smaragdina Fabricius Hymenoptera: Formicidae from the Vientiane Plain, Lao PDR |
| title_fullStr | Indigenous Knowledge of the Edible Weaver Ant Oecophylla smaragdina Fabricius Hymenoptera: Formicidae from the Vientiane Plain, Lao PDR |
| title_full_unstemmed | Indigenous Knowledge of the Edible Weaver Ant Oecophylla smaragdina Fabricius Hymenoptera: Formicidae from the Vientiane Plain, Lao PDR |
| title_short | Indigenous Knowledge of the Edible Weaver Ant Oecophylla smaragdina Fabricius Hymenoptera: Formicidae from the Vientiane Plain, Lao PDR |
| title_sort | indigenous knowledge of the edible weaver ant oecophylla smaragdina fabricius hymenoptera formicidae from the vientiane plain lao pdr |
| topic | Oecophylla smaragdina entomophagy edible insects indigenous knowledge Lao PDR semi-cultivation agroforestry |
| url | http://ojs.ethnobiology.org/index.php/ebl/article/view/125 |
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