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The economy of edible weeds: evidence and conceptual framework

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Ecological and environmental economics provide a set of methodologies to measure the economic value of edible weeds, based on the assessment of the different trade-offs generated by their ecosystem services. These approaches may provide information on the economic importance of context-specific situations related to the use and consumption of edible weeds and wild edible plants. However, scattered sets of evidence do not provide a pluralistic and articulated view of the interconnected dynamics that regulate the economic importance of the ecosystem services provided within governed social-ecological systems. This chapter develops a new conceptual assessment framework and an optional set of indicators for evaluating the economic importance of edible weeds that integrates the socioeconomic, ecological, and institutional dynamics into the valuation process.
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hal-04760737 , version 1 (30-10-2024)

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Paolo Prosperi. The economy of edible weeds: evidence and conceptual framework. Agroecology of edible weeds and noncrop plants: ecology and socioeconomic potential of the associated plant biodiversity, Academic Press, pp.133-148, 2024, 978-0-443-16076-9. ⟨10.1016/B978-0-443-16076-9.00009-3⟩. ⟨hal-04760737⟩
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