KatharinaSchumannGoethe University Frankfurt, UNDESERT

KatharinaSchumannassociatedPartyKatjaHeubachCo-ownerKaren HahnCo-owner2015-02-03In this study, we identified dietary substitutes for the three socio-economically most important NTFP species in Northern Benin, Vitellaria paradoxa, Parkia biglobosa, and Adansonia digitata (Heubach et al., 2013). These species are also used in other household domains. However, since, according to Heubach et al. (2013) their contribution to daily diet is their most important usage, we focused our analysis correspondingly. Specifically, we asked for substitutes of seeds from V. paradoxa (‘shea butter’; cooking oil) and P. biglobosa (´Soumbala´; local condiment) as well as seeds and leaves of A. digitata (used in sauces, soups, porridge etc.).adansonia digitatabeninlivelihoodsntfpsparkia biglobosasubstitutesvitellaria paradoxaObtain permission from data set owner(s)Northern Benin1.08331.083310.010.02008speciesParkia biglobosaspeciesAdansonia digitataspeciesVitellaria paradoxaKatharinaSchumannGoethe University Frankfurt, UNDESERT

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The study took place in two villages in Northern Benin, Papatia and Chabi-Couma (Department of Atakora, 30 km apart), in the Southern Sudanian zone. The five major ethnic groups located in the area were spread evenly in both villages and comprised the four tiller societies Bariba (autochthon), Ditammarie, Kabiyé, and Yom (all migrated), as well as the pastoralist Fulani who settled in the region due to severe drought events. In each village we considered 23 randomly selected households per ethnic group, giving a total of 230 households. We only asked women for substitutes of the studied species.

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