TY - JOUR

T1 - Gender differences in knowledge, use, and collection of wild edible plants in three spanish areas

AU - Acosta-Naranjo, Rufino

AU - Rodríguez-Franco, Ramón

AU - Guzmán-Troncoso, Antonio Jesús

AU - Pardo-De-santayana, Manuel

AU - Aceituno-Mata, Laura

AU - Gómez-Melara, José

AU - Domínguez-Gregorio, Pablo

AU - Díaz-Reviriego, Isabel

AU - González-Nateras, Jessica

AU - Reyes-García, Victoria

PY - 2021/3/1

Y1 - 2021/3/1

N2 - 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.

AB - 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.

KW - Biodiversity

KW - Ethnobotany

KW - Gender

KW - Local knowledge

KW - Spain

KW - Gender and Diversity

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U2 - 10.3390/su13052639

DO - 10.3390/su13052639

M3 - Journal articles

AN - SCOPUS:85102581834

VL - 13

SP - 1

EP - 16

JO - Sustainability

JF - Sustainability

SN - 2071-1050

IS - 5

M1 - 2639

ER -