Gender Differences in Knowledge, Use, and Collection of Wild Edible Plants in Three Spanish Areas
Acosta-Naranjo, Rufino (Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Antropología Social)
Rodríguez-Franco, Ramón (Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Antropología Social)
Guzmán-Troncoso, Antonio Jesús (Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (Espanya))
Pardo-de-Santayana, Manuel (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. Departamento de Biología)
Aceituno Mata, Laura (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals)
Gómez-Melara, José (Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Antropología Social)
Domínguez, Pablo (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals)
Díaz-Reviriego, Isabel (Leuphana Universität Lüneburg. Social-Ecological Systems Institute (SESI))
González-Nateras, Jessica (Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Antropología Social)
Reyes-García, Victoria (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals)

Date:	2021
Abstract:	Many ethnobotanical studies have shown differences in the knowledge and practices held by men and women. Using ethnographic fieldwork, a survey, and secondary data from three different areas in Spain, this study shows a geographical pattern in women's and men's relations with wild edible plants. In the case studies from Southern Spain, Doñana, and Sierra Morena Extremeña, women gather less wild edible plants than men, while in the Central Spain case study, Sierra Norte de Madrid, the difference is less marked. We explain this difference through the construction and distribution of agrarian spaces, particularly with regards to land tenure type and urban centers size. In the southern cases, large agrarian properties are more prevalent than in Sierra Norte de Madrid, where common lands and small and medium properties predominate. Additionally, in Doñana, big urban agro-towns dominate, whereas in Sierra Norte de Madrid and Sierra Morena Extremeña little towns are the norm. Overall, our study suggests that gendered differences in the use of natural resources are better understood if contextualized in a large socioecological context.
Grants:	Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad CSO2011-27565
Note:	Unidad de excelencia María de Maeztu CEX2019-000940-M
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Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Subject:	Biodiversity ; Ethnobotany ; Gender ; Local knowledge ; Spain ; SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy
Published in:	Sustainability, Vol. 13 Núm. 5 (2021) , p. 2639-16, ISSN 2071-1050

DOI: 10.3390/su13052639

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