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The book Introduction to Ethnography discusses how indigenous
people use plants for food, medicine, cultural customs, housing,
fuel, and transportation. It discusses the evolution of ethnobotany
and the formation of this field over the years. Ethnobotany is
described as the study of the connection between people in their
indigenous societies and their plant ecosystem. This book aims to
study culturally based biological and environmental understanding,
cultural perception and perception of the natural world, including
related behaviors and activities. It also mentions the naming and
classification process of plants by community members, and points
out that different communities may use the same plants in different
ways.
This book provides ethnobotanical data about the traditional uses
of medicinal plants across the world. This book aims to analyze and
evaluate the use of medicinal crops among different groups of
people. The book mentions that medicinal plants can be used to
treat various diseases, especially respiratory diseases and skin
diseases. It discusses the importance of traditional usage of
plants to treat and prevent some common and certain rare diseases.
There are also medicinal uses of some local plant taxa reported.
The book mentions that medicinal plants represent natural remedies
for various diseases in indigenous communities. Phytotherapy still
maintains an important role in the treatment of ailments in many
areas.
This book provides a quantitative study on the ecological
characteristics and seasonal aggregation of wild edible plants in
man-made ecosystems; in addition, it discusses systematic research
on the seasonal effects of these edible plants on households. This
book seeks to establish a theoretical and analytical framework to
promote the understanding of growers' collection of wild edible
plants, and to obtain empirical evidence about the spatial and
cyclical complementarity of man-made ecosystems and subsystems and
their impact on food security. The book's findings also reveal that
the communities of wild edible plant species are unique in each
subsystem and season. Therefore, all subsystems that provide
different habitats from land to aquatic organisms are important to
ensure the diversity of wild edible plants.
Plant Nutrition and Food Security gives an introduction to the
readers on the subject of food security and its role in the
agricultural production and discusses the role of plant nutrients
in food security. It further talks about food quality, consumer
health, and plant nutrition, mineral nutrition in plants
optimization and management of plant nutrition. Also discussed in
the book is the process of nutrient acquisition, the dynamics that
go on in the agricultural ecosystem regarding the nutrients and the
role of plant nutrition in achievement of sustainable development
in terms of food. It also provides insights on the future demands
for plant nutrients.
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