Why Surinamese migrants in the Netherlands continue to use medicinal herbs from their home country

Andel, Tinde van; Westers, Paul

doi:10.1016/j.jep.2009.11.033

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“…Patterns of plant uses and management often arise from complementarity between socio-cultural (Segnon and Achigan-Dako 2014;van Andel et al 2015). We observed patterns of convergence in use and management between communities sharing a same cultural background and living in the same geographical area.…”

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confidence: 77%

“…Investigation of their knowledge of medicinal plants revealed that in all three countries they abandoned specific medicinal plants and related practices from the original pharmacopeia when the plants were neither available nor cultivated in the country of arrival (Pirker et al 2012). Migrants might also actively preserve the flora and knowledge from their home country or region as an attempt to conserve their cultural identity, as for example, the case of the Dominicans living in New York City (Vandebroek and Balick 2012) or the Surinamese in the Netherlands (van Andel and Westers 2010).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Drivers of Management of Spider Plant (Gynandropsis gynandra) Across Different Socio-linguistic Groups in Benin and Togo

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We investigated the relationships between the cultural importance of spider plant (Gynandropsis gynandra), a neglected leafy vegetable in West Africa, and the different management regimes of the species among six socio-linguistic groups in Benin and one in Togo. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 428 respondents. Cultural significance and management indices were used to quantify the importance of the species for each respondent. In addition to food uses, G. gynandra was used to cure 42 different diseases. A regression tree analysis revealed that the cultural importance and level of management of the species were strongly associated with ethnicity, gender, and to a lesser extent to age, education, income, and land tenure. Socio-linguistic groups with similar cultural background had convergent perceptions of the cultural importance of the species and described similar management practices. An analysis of farmers' willingness to change their current management practices revealed that migration, market opportunities, and external intervention might significantly affect future management decision-making processes. We discuss community-oriented approaches to upscale the species cultivation in the region. Our study highlights how cultural importance influences current and future management intensity and illustrates how ethnobotanical research can guide research for development strategies to enact positive changes in communities' management of traditional leafy vegetables.Nous avons étudié les relations entre l'importance culturelle du Caya blanc (Gynandropsis gynandra), un légume-feuille négligé en Afrique de l'Ouest, et les différents régimes de gestion de l'espèce au sein de six groupes socio-linguistiques au Bénin et un au Togo. Des entretiens semi-structurés ont été menés auprès de 428 informants. Des indices d'importance culturelle et de gestion ont été utilisés pour quantifier l'importance de l'espèce pour chaque informant. En plus des utilisations alimentaires, G. gynandra a été utilisé pour soigner 42 maladies différentes. Une analyse par arbre de régression a révélé que l'importance culturelle de l'espèce était fortement associée à l'ethnicité et au genre, et dans une moindre mesure à l'âge, l'instruction, le niveau de revenu et le mode de faire-valoir de la terre. Les groupes sociolinguistiques culturellement proches ont eu des perceptions convergentes de l'importance culturelle de l'espèce et décrit des pratiques de gestion similaires. Une analyse de la volonté des agriculteurs de modifier leurs pratiques de gestion actuelles a montré que la migration, les opportunités de marché et l'intervention extérieure pourraient affecter les futurs processus décisionnels de gestion. Nous avons discuté des approches axées sur la communauté pour améliorer la production de l'espèce dans la région. La présente étude souligne comment l'importance culturelle influence l'intensité de la gestion actuelle et future et illustre comment la recherche ethnobotanique peut guider les stratégies de recherche pour le dévelo...

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Drivers of Management of Spider Plant (Gynandropsis gynandra) Across Different Socio-linguistic Groups in Benin and Togo

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“…Despite the increased amount of modern drugs in the pharmaceutical market, medicinal herbs have maintained their popularity as an alternative medicine due to low cost, their effectiveness, historical, cultural, and religious preferences (Alzweiri et al, 2011;Andel & Westers, 2010). The World Health Organization (WHO) estimated that approximately 80% of people in developing countries rely mainly on natural products for their primary healthcare (Azaizeh et al, 2003;Mukherjee & Wahil, 2006).…”

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Dilleniaspecies: A review of the traditional uses, active constituents and pharmacological properties from pre-clinical studies

Yazan

Armania²

2014

Pharmaceutical Biology

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“…However, over time this discipline has evolved and is defined by the INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY as: 481 (Voeks, 2009); from Africa to Brazil (Carney & Voeks, 2003); from Suriname to the Netherlands (van Andel & Westers, 2010); from Colombia to London (Ceuterick et al, 2008); from Germany to eastern Italy (Pieroni et al, 2004); from Albania to southern Italy (Pieroni et al, 2002a(Pieroni et al, , 2002b; and from Europe and Africa to eastern Cuba (Cano & Volpato, 2004;. However, few studies have focused on migration within a country, such as that described by and Garcia et al (2010) regarding migrants from northeastern Brazil who currently occupy the southeast.…”

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The Influence of Displacement by Human Groups Among Regions in the Medicinal Use of Natural Resource: A Case Study in Diadema, São Paulo - Brazil

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Ming²

2012

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Why Surinamese migrants in the Netherlands continue to use medicinal herbs from their home country

Cited by 78 publications

References 22 publications

Drivers of Management of Spider Plant (Gynandropsis gynandra) Across Different Socio-linguistic Groups in Benin and Togo

Drivers of Management of Spider Plant (Gynandropsis gynandra) Across Different Socio-linguistic Groups in Benin and Togo

Dilleniaspecies: A review of the traditional uses, active constituents and pharmacological properties from pre-clinical studies

The Influence of Displacement by Human Groups Among Regions in the Medicinal Use of Natural Resource: A Case Study in Diadema, São Paulo - Brazil

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