“People Gathered by Sorghum”: Cultural Practices and sorghum Diversity in Northern Ethiopia

Sorghum is an important crop in the livelihoods of Kunama and Tigrayan farmers in Northern Ethiopia and we present here a study of what factors have shaped the genetic diversity of the varieties cultivated in neighboring communities of the two ethnolinguistic groups. Using a combination of methods f...

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Published in:	Human ecology : an interdisciplinary journal Vol. 51; no. 5; pp. 923 - 935
Main Authors:	Wendmu, Tsedal Asres, Gebrelibanos, Tesfakiros Semere, Kovi, Mallikarjuna Rao, Ring, Kristoffer Hofaker, de Boer, Hugo J., Abera, Fetien Abay, Westengen, Ola Tveitereid
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	New York Springer US 01.10.2023 Springer Nature B.V
Subjects:	Anthropology Biodiversity Breeding Climate change Conservation Crop diversification Crop science Crops Cultural anthropology Cultural differences Cultural factors Cultural groups Differentiation Environmental Management Ethiopia Ethnography Ethnolinguistic groups Ethnolinguistics Farmers Food Gene flow Genetic diversity Genetic resources Genetic structure genetic variation Genetics Geography germplasm conservation Human ecology Language Life sciences Morphology Multiculturalism & pluralism Nilo-Saharan languages people Plant breeding Plant sciences Resource conservation social anthropology Social factors Social Sciences Sociocultural factors Sociology Sorghum Systems development Ethiopia Ethnolinguistic diversity Sorghum Crop diversity Tigrayan Kunama Northern Ethiopia
ISSN:	0300-7839, 1572-9915
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