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Comparison of food plant knowledge between urban vietnamese living in vietnam and in Hawai‘i

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Ethnographic interviews using photographs of 10 traditional Vietnamese fruits and vegetables were used to compare the knowledge level and use of traditional food plants between Vietnamese in urban Bien Hoa, Vietnam, and in Honolulu, Hawai‘i. In both communities, there was a positive correlation between age and knowledge (as measured by correct identification, and number of food uses for the plants). Vietnamese immigrants in Hawai‘i listed more food uses than those in Vietnam due to adoption of multi ethnic foods found in Honolulu.

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So sánh su hiêu biêt vé rau qua cua nguói ViêtsÔng O thãnh phÔ O Viêt Nam vã Ha Uy Di. Cách phong vân dúng nhung tâm hinh vê muái loai rau qua truyên thông cua nguói Viêt cho so sánh su hiêu biêt vã cách dũng vê thúc an thuc vât truyên thông cua nguói Viêt O thãnh phâ Biên HoÃ, Viêt Nam vã Honolulu, Ha Uy Di. Ca hai câng dông ngóbi c|~o tuôi có nhiêu su hiêu biêt hon ngubi tre tuôi (do luõng nhÂn ra vã boa nhiêu cách dúng cho thuc vât). Nguói nhâp eu Viêt b Ha Uy Di biêt nhúng thúc an cách dũng nhiêu hon nguói sông o Viêt Nam vi chung tiêp thu thêm duoc nhung thúc an cúa các van hõa o Honolulu.

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Nguyen, M.L.T. Comparison of food plant knowledge between urban vietnamese living in vietnam and in Hawai‘i. Econ Bot 57, 472–480 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1663/0013-0001(2003)057[0472:COFPKB]2.0.CO;2

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