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Local use and cultural and economic value of products from trees in the Parklands of the municipality of Cinzana, Mali

L’Utilisation Locale et la Valeur Économique et Culturelle des Produits des Arbres du Savane de la MunicipalitÉ de Cinzana, Mali

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This paper reports on the most important non-timber forest products (NTFPs) marketed and used during the dry season in Cinzana, near Ségou, Mali. Data was gathered from villagers through market surveys and interviews with vendors, buyers, and key informants in traditional medicine. In the Sudano-sahelian agricultural region, NTFPs are collected from parklands, comprising of fallows and croplands. Of the 20 species, five were used in handicraft production, 11 yielded human foods, and 11 had medicinal uses. In addition, many tree species have multipurpose value: six of the 20 species were recorded to be food producers in addition to having uses for handicraft production and/or medicine. The contribution of herbaceous species to the NTFPs used and harvested during the dry season is negligible. Only one of the species was non-ligneous, indicating the large significance of tree species for local communities in a region with long seasonal dry periods.

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Cet article présente une étude sur l’utilisation des produits forestiers non ligneux (PFNL) durant la saison séche dans la région agricole Soudano-sahélienne au Mali. Cette étude a été réalis’ee à travers interviews auprés de connaisseurs en médecine traditionelle et de villageois de Cinzana, une municipalité avoisinant la ville de Ségou. Dans cette région agricole Soudano-sahélienne, les PFNL sont récoltés dans les jachères et dans les champs. Parmi les 20 espèces enregistrées, cinq étaient utilisées dans l’artisanat, 11 dans la nourriture humaine et 11 dans l’usage médecinal. En outre, de nombreuses essences ont des valeurs multiples avec plus d’un tier des espèces étudiées pouvant être utilisées dans la nourriture ainsi que dans l’artisanat et/ou dans la médecine locale. Une seule des espèces était non-ligneuse, ce qui indique l’importance des arbres pour l’installation humaine dans une région de sécheresse saisonnière longue.

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    Gunnar Gustad & Shivcharn S. Dhillion

  2. Ås, Norway & Centre for Development and the Environment, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

    Gunnar Gustad & Shivcharn S. Dhillion

  3. Fallow Project, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Boite Postal 84, Bamako, Mali

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Gustad, G., Dhillion, S.S. & SidibÉ, D. Local use and cultural and economic value of products from trees in the Parklands of the municipality of Cinzana, Mali. Econ Bot 58, 578–587 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1663/0013-0001(2004)058[0578:LUACAE]2.0.CO;2

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