A study examining pastoralist communities in a Ugandan subregion found that people are adopting previously unused wild edible plants to address food shortages. Researchers recorded 27 plant species being consumed as leafy vegetables, with 20 of these indigenous to Uganda. These plants are primarily harvested during the wet season.
The research was inspired by earlier findings in Karamoja, a semiarid region in northern Uganda, which noted increased use of wild edible plants. Emiel De Meyer, a postdoctoral researcher at the State Natural History Museum in Germany, led a team that interviewed members of five agro-pastoralist communities in Karamoja to understand their knowledge of edible wild plants and the reasons behind their adoption.
Source: Mongabay