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Bushmeat --- wildmeat --- sustainability --- subsistence --- trade --- food security --- livelihoods

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Science: general issues --- Ecological science, the Biosphere --- Bushmeat --- wildmeat --- sustainability --- subsistence --- trade --- food security --- livelihoods --- Bushmeat --- wildmeat --- sustainability --- subsistence --- trade --- food security --- livelihoods

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This study aimed to characterize the consumption, budget and food security of nine cocoa-growing households in two villages on the northern outskirts of the Odzala-Kokoua National Park (OKNP) in Congo. An inventory of the mammalian communities present in the village agroforests was carried out. These are home to at least 14 species of mammal, particularly small mammals such as rodents. As a result, the agroforests are defaunated. Households consume more fish than bushmeat. Household consumption can be explained by the greater availability of fish compared with bushmeat. Similarly, household preferences and the lower cost of fish compared with bushmeat explain the higher consumption of fish. The majority of animal protein consumed by households was purchased. All households derived a large part of their income from plantain sales. In some cases, income from plantain sales exceeded that from cocoa. Cocoa contributed more than 20 % of income for only four households. Households' main expenditure is on labor, followed by food. The contribution of bushmeat to income is low, with the exception of the household that did not harvest cocoa during the study. Labor costs for cocoa harvesting are four times higher than for the harvesting of food crops.NTFPs are not an important source of household income. . However, self-consumption of Gnetum spp, palm nuts in the form of mouambe and chilli pepper (Capsicum sp) is very important for households. The Household Dietary Diversity Score (HDDS) showed that a third of households were food-secure, while the others experienced periods of stress. According to the proportion of the household budget spent on food, all households are food-secure.The state of food security was independent of household wealth.

bushmeat --- food consumption --- household budget --- food security --- NTFP --- HDDS --- agroforest --- cocoa --- Central Africa --- defaunation --- Sciences du vivant > Sciences de l'environnement & écologie

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Game meat, previously often considered as an ‘exotic’ food, or being relevant only in remote regions, is becoming increasingly popular. In order to provide sufficient quantities of nutritious, wholesome and safe game meat, a number of measures have to be implemented along the food chain- from the forest/field or fenced area where the animals are harvested, to the point of consumption. These involve monitoring and control of diseases of game animals transmissible to man, technology and hygiene of game meat processing and specifics of products manufactured from game meat.This book combines 30 contributions of various experts in the field, addressing four main topics: i.e. ‘hygiene and management of microbial contamination in fresh meat from game’, ‘zoonoses and epidemiology’, ‘risk assessment and quality assurance along the game meat chain’ and ‘quality issues in game meat products’.The focus on Europe is expanded by presenting specifics of the game meat chain in African and Asian regions, with a view to provide information on ‘bushmeat’ consumed by the indigenous population.Similar to the first volume in this series, this volume follows a ‘from forest to fork’ approach and is targeted at scientists in academia and industry, graduate students as well as at governmental officials in veterinary public health and food safety.

Meat hygiene. --- Wildlife as food --- Health aspects. --- Bush meat --- Bushmeat --- Game meat --- Wild animals as food --- Wild meat --- Food animals --- Wild foods --- Wildlife utilization --- Food adulteration and inspection --- Veterinary hygiene --- Meat hygiene --- Health aspects

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The hunting of wild animals for their meat has been a crucial activity in the evolution of humans. It continues to be an essential source of food and a generator of income for millions of Indigenous and rural communities worldwide. Conservationists rightly fear that excessive hunting of many animal species will cause their demise, as has already happened throughout the Anthropocene. Many species of large mammals and birds have been decimated or annihilated due to overhunting by humans. If such pressures continue, many other species will meet the same fate. Equally, if the use of wildlife resources is to continue by those who depend on it, sustainable practices must be implemented. These communities need to remain or become custodians of the wildlife resources within their lands, for their own well-being as well as for biodiversity in general. This title is also available via Open Access on Cambridge Core.

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