Traditional uses and practices of edible cultivated Allium species (fam. Amaryllidaceae) in Sweden
By: Erik de Vahl & Ingvar Svanberg
Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine
March 10, 2022
Key words: pre-industrial Sweden, traditional foods, traditional uses, folk botany, folklore, Allium, onions, rural population, cultivated plants, genetic diversity, garden crops, sustainability, global food security
https://ethnobiomed.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13002-022-00513-z
It is important to understand the role cultivated plants as garden crops play in global food security. Using information collected from national surveys by the Swedish National Programme for Diversity of Cultivated Plants (POM), this study explores the importance of edible cultivated onions, Allium, by rural populations in pre-industrial Sweden to modern sustainability efforts.
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