Understanding the influence of socioeconomic variables on medicinal plant knowledge in the Peruvian Andes

In this study, we analyze the impact of 18 socioeconomic factors at individual, family, and locality levels to understand their influence on medicinal plant knowledge (MPK) in four provinces and 12 localities of the northern Andes of Peru. We interviewed 50 participants per locality (totaling 600 pe...

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Autores: Corroto, Fernando, Gamarra Torres, Oscar Andrés, Macía Barco, Manuel Juan
Tipo de documento: artigo
Data de publicação:2022
País:España
Recursos:Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Repositório:Biblos-e Archivo. Repositorio Institucional de la UAM
Idioma:inglês
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Palavra-chave:Ethnobotany
Traditional Knowledge
Medicinal Plant
Biología y Biomedicina / Biología
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spelling Understanding the influence of socioeconomic variables on medicinal plant knowledge in the Peruvian AndesCorroto, FernandoGamarra Torres, Oscar AndrésMacía Barco, Manuel JuanEthnobotanyTraditional KnowledgeMedicinal PlantBiología y Biomedicina / BiologíaIn this study, we analyze the impact of 18 socioeconomic factors at individual, family, and locality levels to understand their influence on medicinal plant knowledge (MPK) in four provinces and 12 localities of the northern Andes of Peru. We interviewed 50 participants per locality (totaling 600 people) from lowlands and highlands ecoregions. The participants were balanced in terms of generations and gender. We performed multivariate statistical analyses—generalized linear mixed models (GLMMs) and nonmetric multidimensional scaling (NMDS) ordinations—that showed the influence of each socioeconomic variable on the medicinal plant knowledge of people in the different sites. At the individual level, we found that most participants with higher MPK were women, elders, people with lower levels of education and job qualifications, non-migrants, and participants who have lived for a long period in the same region. At the family level, we found that participants living in low economic conditions with few material goods, including their means of transport, tools possession, access to technology, farm size, number of farm animals, and house quality, had higher MPK. At the locality level, we found that people living in more isolated areas with scarce regional services, such as access to paved roads, hospitals, big markets, tourist development, and chlorination of drinking water, had higher MPK. In short, people with less access to modern services and with low economic resources are the main depositaries of MPK. Policy makers and decision makers should consider the significance of MPK in alleviating health problems and diseases in Andean regions, especially for people with rural livelihoods. This local botanical knowledge of medicinal plants should be preserved in the area as a great natural heritage for humanityMDPIDepartamento de BiologíaFacultad de Ciencias20222022-10-12research articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_2df8fbb1VoRhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10486/706330https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/plants11202681reponame:Biblos-e Archivo. Repositorio Institucional de la UAMinstname:Universidad Autónoma de MadridInglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:repositorio.uam.es:10486/7063302026-06-23T12:46:27Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Understanding the influence of socioeconomic variables on medicinal plant knowledge in the Peruvian Andes
title Understanding the influence of socioeconomic variables on medicinal plant knowledge in the Peruvian Andes
spellingShingle Understanding the influence of socioeconomic variables on medicinal plant knowledge in the Peruvian Andes
Corroto, Fernando
Ethnobotany
Traditional Knowledge
Medicinal Plant
Biología y Biomedicina / Biología
title_short Understanding the influence of socioeconomic variables on medicinal plant knowledge in the Peruvian Andes
title_full Understanding the influence of socioeconomic variables on medicinal plant knowledge in the Peruvian Andes
title_fullStr Understanding the influence of socioeconomic variables on medicinal plant knowledge in the Peruvian Andes
title_full_unstemmed Understanding the influence of socioeconomic variables on medicinal plant knowledge in the Peruvian Andes
title_sort Understanding the influence of socioeconomic variables on medicinal plant knowledge in the Peruvian Andes
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Corroto, Fernando
Gamarra Torres, Oscar Andrés
Macía Barco, Manuel Juan
author Corroto, Fernando
author_facet Corroto, Fernando
Gamarra Torres, Oscar Andrés
Macía Barco, Manuel Juan
author_role author
author2 Gamarra Torres, Oscar Andrés
Macía Barco, Manuel Juan
author2_role author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Departamento de Biología
Facultad de Ciencias
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Ethnobotany
Traditional Knowledge
Medicinal Plant
Biología y Biomedicina / Biología
topic Ethnobotany
Traditional Knowledge
Medicinal Plant
Biología y Biomedicina / Biología
description In this study, we analyze the impact of 18 socioeconomic factors at individual, family, and locality levels to understand their influence on medicinal plant knowledge (MPK) in four provinces and 12 localities of the northern Andes of Peru. We interviewed 50 participants per locality (totaling 600 people) from lowlands and highlands ecoregions. The participants were balanced in terms of generations and gender. We performed multivariate statistical analyses—generalized linear mixed models (GLMMs) and nonmetric multidimensional scaling (NMDS) ordinations—that showed the influence of each socioeconomic variable on the medicinal plant knowledge of people in the different sites. At the individual level, we found that most participants with higher MPK were women, elders, people with lower levels of education and job qualifications, non-migrants, and participants who have lived for a long period in the same region. At the family level, we found that participants living in low economic conditions with few material goods, including their means of transport, tools possession, access to technology, farm size, number of farm animals, and house quality, had higher MPK. At the locality level, we found that people living in more isolated areas with scarce regional services, such as access to paved roads, hospitals, big markets, tourist development, and chlorination of drinking water, had higher MPK. In short, people with less access to modern services and with low economic resources are the main depositaries of MPK. Policy makers and decision makers should consider the significance of MPK in alleviating health problems and diseases in Andean regions, especially for people with rural livelihoods. This local botanical knowledge of medicinal plants should be preserved in the area as a great natural heritage for humanity
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