The comparative value of wild and domestic plants in home gardens of a South African rural village
The comparative value of wild and domestic plants in home gardens of a South African rural village
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南非乡村家庭花园中野生和家养植物的比较价值
作者：
C. High;C. Shackleton
农村居民大量利用其住区周围公共地区以及耕地和住宅区的野生资源。这些野生资源与耕地和家庭菜园中种植的主要作物竞争，但在农村生计中发挥着重要的经济和营养作用。本文报道了保守的财务评估的野生植物资源收获的家庭花园和耕地的居民在Bushbuckridge lowveld（南非）的农村，并检查其相对于其他驯化作物的重要性。平均而言，每个家庭使用4至5种生长在其住宅地块上的野生植物，而作物的平均数量为3.4。所有植物的总价值为每户每年1 694兰特（269美元），或每公顷家庭花园每年约4 200兰特（667美元）。野生植物占住宅地块上种植的所有植物价值的31%，而驯化作物（包括果树）的价值为69%。所有植物产品总价值的大约72%被家庭消费，其余28%被出售。
Rural inhabitants make considerable use of wild resources from communal areas around their settlements, as well as from arable and residential plots. These wild resources compete with the main crops planted in arable plots and home gardens, but play a significant economic and nutritional role in rural livelihoods. This paper reports upon a conservative financial evaluation of the wild plant resources harvested from home gardens and arable plots by inhabitants of rural village in the Bushbuckridge lowveld (South Africa), and examines their importance relative to other domesticated crops. On average, each household made use of four to five species of wild plants growing on their residential plot, whereas the mean number of crop plants was 3.4. The total value of all plants was R1694 (US$ 269) per household per year, or approximately R4200 (US$ 667) per hectare of home garden per year. Wild plants represented 31% of the value of all plants grown on residential plots, relative to the 69% for domesticated crops (including fruit trees). Approximately 72% of the total value of all plant products was consumed by the household, and the remaining 28% was sold.