Journal article
The contribution of ‘chitoumou’, the edible caterpillar Cirina butyrospermi, to the food security of smallholder farmers in southwestern Burkina Faso
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Edible insects have been advocated as a means to combat food insecurity, which is prevalent in West Africa. In this study we look at the contribution of the shea caterpillar Cirina butyrospermi, colloquially known as ‘chitoumou’, to the food security of smallholder households in rural southwestern Burkina Faso. We used a mixed methods approach to understand the relationship between caterpillar collection, consumption, and sale by smallholder households, and their seasonal food security status...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher:
- Springer Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Food Security Journal website
- Volume:
- 12
- Issue:
- 1
- Pages:
- 221-234
- Publication date:
- 2019-12-06
- Acceptance date:
- 2019-11-20
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1876-4525
- ISSN:
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1876-4517
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- Language:
- English
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- Pubs id:
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1080385
- Local pid:
- pubs:1080385
- Deposit date:
- 2020-04-20
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- Copyright holder:
- Payne et al.
- Copyright date:
- 2020
- Rights statement:
- Copyright © 2019 The Author(s). This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made.
- Licence:
- CC Attribution (CC BY)
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