Gender Differences in Knowledge, Use, and Collection of Wild Edible Plants in Three Spanish Areas
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Research Areas
2.1. Doñana
2.2. Sierra Morena Extremeña
2.3. Sierra Norte de Madrid
3. Materials and Methods
3.1. Data Collection
3.2. Interviews
3.3. Surveys
3.4. Data Analysis
4. Results and Discussion
4.1. Gender Differences in WEP Recognition, Consumption, and Gathering
4.2. WEP Gathering, a Clearly Gendered Activity in Southern Spain
“Of course, I know the camarina (Corema álbum). When they are ripe, they turn white. l used to eat them in the field.” (Man, 75 years old, Almonte.)“I have eaten a lot of batatillas (Terfezia arenaria). And when I have taken people with me, in my work teams, I have said, ‘Look, these are the batatillas.’ I have eaten them in front of them, and they have tried them, and many that have tasted them have liked them very much.” (Man, 55 years old, Almonte.)“We have eaten junco fino (Juncus acutus) when we were in the field with the livestock.” (Man, 60 years old, Rociana.)
4.3. Houses, Properties, Villages, and Towns: The Space Genderization
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Urban Center | Population |
---|---|
Sierra Norte de Madrid | |
Valdemanco | 914 |
Montejo | 353 |
Buitrago | 1884 |
Doñana | |
Almonte | 24,191 |
Rociana | 7855 |
Sierra Morena | |
Pallares | 379 |
Puebla del Maestre | 685 |
Santa Maria de Navas | 153 |
Study Area | N | Women | Men |
---|---|---|---|
Doñana | 150 | 53% | 47% |
Sierra Morena Extremeña | 150 | 48% | 52% |
Sierra Norte de Madrid | 180 | 52% | 48% |
Study Area | N | <30 | 31–60 | >60 |
---|---|---|---|---|
Doñana | 150 | 33% | 33% | 33% |
Sierra Morena Extremeña | 150 | 33% | 33% | 33% |
Sierra Norte de Madrid | 180 | 33% | 33% | 33% |
Doñana | |
Asparagus acutifolius L. | Cooked |
Chamaerops humilis L. | Raw |
Glycycrrhiza glabra L. | Raw |
Mentha pulegium L. | Cooked |
Rubus ulmifolius Schott | Raw |
Scolymus hispanicus L. | Cooked |
Thymbra capitata (L.) Cav. | Cooked |
Sierra Morena Extremeña | |
Asparagus acutifolius L. | Cooked |
Foeniculum vulgare Mil. | Raw and Cooked |
Helichrysum stoechas (L.) Moench | Cooked |
Rubus ulmifolius Schott. | Raw |
Rumex pulcher L. | Cooked |
Scolymus hispanicus L. | Cooked |
Thymus mastichina (L.) | Cooked |
Sierra Norte de Madrid | |
Armeria arenaria (Pers.) Schult. subsp. segoviensis (Gand. ex Bernis) Nieto Fel. | Raw |
Crataegus monogyna Jacq. | Raw |
Prunus spinosa L. | Cooked |
Rubus ulmifolius Schott. | Raw |
Rumex papillaris Boiss. & Reut. | Raw and Cooked |
Scolymus hispanicus L. | Cooked |
Thymus zygis Loefl. ex L. | Cooked |
Recognition | Gathering | Consumption | ||||||||||||||||
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Study Area | W | SD | M | SD | p-Value | Dif | W | SD | M | SD | p-Value | Dif | W | SD | M | SD | p-Value | Dif |
Doñana | 6.05 | 1.54 | 6.42 | 1.21 | 0.05 * | −5.31 | 4.13 | 1.84 | 4.94 | 1.62 | 0.01 * | −11.67 | 1.82 | 1.80 | 3.69 | 2.11 | 0.01 * | −26.68 |
Sierra Morena | 6.01 | 0.94 | 6.00 | 1.04 | 0.20 | 4.36 | 1.69 | 4.68 | 1.86 | −4.55 | 3.31 | 1.85 | 4.32 | 2.05 | 0.01 * | −14.50 | ||
Sierra de Madrid | 5.29 | 1.54 | 5.14 | 1.67 | 2.11 | 3.96 | 1.64 | 4.21 | 1.88 | −3.60 | 3.05 | 2.04 | 3.33 | 2.28 | −3.89 |
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Acosta-Naranjo, R.; Rodríguez-Franco, R.; Guzmán-Troncoso, A.J.; Pardo-de-Santayana, M.; Aceituno-Mata, L.; Gómez-Melara, J.; Domínguez, P.; Díaz-Reviriego, I.; González-Nateras, J.; Reyes-García, V. Gender Differences in Knowledge, Use, and Collection of Wild Edible Plants in Three Spanish Areas. Sustainability 2021, 13, 2639. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13052639
Acosta-Naranjo R, Rodríguez-Franco R, Guzmán-Troncoso AJ, Pardo-de-Santayana M, Aceituno-Mata L, Gómez-Melara J, Domínguez P, Díaz-Reviriego I, González-Nateras J, Reyes-García V. Gender Differences in Knowledge, Use, and Collection of Wild Edible Plants in Three Spanish Areas. Sustainability. 2021; 13(5):2639. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13052639
Chicago/Turabian StyleAcosta-Naranjo, Rufino, Ramón Rodríguez-Franco, Antonio Jesús Guzmán-Troncoso, Manuel Pardo-de-Santayana, Laura Aceituno-Mata, José Gómez-Melara, Pablo Domínguez, Isabel Díaz-Reviriego, Jessica González-Nateras, and Victoria Reyes-García. 2021. "Gender Differences in Knowledge, Use, and Collection of Wild Edible Plants in Three Spanish Areas" Sustainability 13, no. 5: 2639. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13052639