Into the urban wild: Collection of wild urban plants for food and medicine in Kampala,Uganda |
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| Affiliation: | 1. School of Environment, Natural Resources and Geography (SENRGy), Bangor University, Bangor, United Kingdom;2. Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark;3. Department of Food and Resource Economics, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark;1. Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment, Department OTB, Delft University of Technology, PO Box 5043, 2600 GA, Delft, The Netherlands;2. Faculty of Law, VU University Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1105, 1081 HV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands;3. Property lawyer at the Port of Rotterdam, The Netherlands;1. US Forest Service, Philadelphia Field Station, 100 N. 20th St., Suite 205, Philadelphia, PA 19103, USA;2. University of Wisconsin – Stevens Point, College of Natural Resources, 800 Reserve Street, Stevens Point, WI 54481, USA;3. The Morton Arboretum, 4100 Illinois Route 53, Lisle IL 60532, USA;4. Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management, P.O. Box 66, SE-230 53 Alnarp, Sweden;5. Friends of Grand Rapids Parks, PO Box 3199, Grand Rapids, MI 49501, USA;6. Davey Resource Group, 295 S Water Street, #300, Kent, OH 44240, USA;7. The Davey Institute and US Forest Service, Philadelphia Field Station, 100 N. 20th St., Suite 205, Philadelphia, PA 19103, USA;8. Department of Environmental Horticulture, CLCE, IFAS, University of Florida – Gulf Coast Research and Education Center, 14625 County Road 672, Wimauma, FL, 33598, USA;9. Technical Services and Research, Casey Trees, 3030 12th St. NE, Washington, DC 20017, USA;10. Human Ecology, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USA;1. CARACAL: Centre for Conservation of African Resources, Kasane, Botswana;2. Department of Environmental and Geographical Science, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, Cape Town, South Africa;3. Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VR, United States;1. Croatian Forest Research Institute, Department for International Scientific Cooperation in Southeast Europe − EFISEE, Perkovčeva 5/II, 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia;2. University of Florence, Department of Agricultural, Food and Forestry Systems (GESAAF), Via S. Bonaventura 13, 50145 Florence, Italy;3. Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations, Forestry Policy and Resources Division, Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153 Rome, Italy;4. Slovenian Forestry Institute, Department of Forest Ecology, Večna pot 2, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia |
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| Abstract: | In sub-Saharan Africa, many people depend on natural resources for their livelihoods. While urbanisation causes landscape changes, little is known of how this process affects the use of wild plant resources by urban populations. This study contributes to addressing this knowledge gap by exploring the prevalence and determinants of urban collectors of wild plants in Kampala, Uganda. During February to August 2015, 93 structured interviews were conducted in inner, outer, and peri-urban areas of the city. The findings in this study show that urban wild plants are used by almost half (47%) of the respondents, mainly for medicinal purposes but also as a complement to diets. The findings further indicate that residents with lower income, of younger age (<51 years old), and predominantly living in peri-urban areas are more likely to be urban collectors. Seasonality appears to be of greater importance in collection of food plants than of medicinal plants. Overall, these findings indicate that wild plants occupy an important role in the livelihoods and traditions of Kampala’s residents, and we argue that this should be taken into account in urban planning projects. |
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| Keywords: | Livelihoods Natural resource management Non-timber forest products Safety net Urban ecosystems Human ecology |
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