Productive use and consumption of edible native plants in the municipality of Chamelco, Department of Alta Verapaz, Guatemala Republic
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https://doi.org/10.36958/sep.v7i1.213Keywords:
Edible native plants, ethnobotanical, nutritional, productive practices, and consumption practices.Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To analyze the practices of productive use and consumption of edible native plants of the Q'eqchi' people from an ethnobotanical-nutritional perspective in San Juan Chamelco, Alta Verapaz. METHOD: A three-level concurrent nested mixed methodological design was used. Data were collected through expert interviews, transect walks, surveys, focus groups, and rapid market surveys. A sample was taken from fourteen rural communities within the study area. RESULTS: Eighteen edible native plants belonging to the families Arecaceae, Amaranthaceae, Fabaceae, Solanaceae, Cucurbitaceae, Convolvulacea, Aracacea, Rosaceae, Commelnaceae and Asteraceae were identified. The macuy (Solanum americanum Mill.) was determined as the most important plant for the Q'eqchi' population for its use value, nutritional value, commercial value, frequency of consumption and cultivation. The main productive practices used for the cultivation of native plants were the mechanical control of weeds, application of residues and organic fertilizers. And they are mainly consumed in broths, soups, stir-fries, stews, and stuffed corn tortillas. CONCLUSION: The Q'eqchi' food culture has a high diversity of native plants, however, at the nutritional, productive, commercial, and agro-industrial levels, the potential of these resources to solve nutritional and economic food insecurity has not been developed.
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