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ABRIL SALTOS, Ricardo V; RUIZ VASQUEZ, Tomás E; ALONSO LAZO, Jatnel  y  AGUINDA VARGAS, Janeth K. Plants used in human feeding by half-breed and kichwa farmers in Santa Clara, Mera, Pastaza cantons, Pastaza province, Ecuador. cultrop [online]. 2016, vol.37, n.1, pp.7-13. ISSN 0258-5936.

This research was conducted in the Pastaza province, Ecuador, its aim was identify the main species used for human consumption on farms of Pastaza, Mera and Santa Clara cantons, comparing their reporting frequency depending on the canton and producer ethnia, for which a survey, consisting of aspects of identification of farmers, plants used in human food and ways of uses, which was applied to 214 producers in the province, corresponding to 30 % of producers identified was developed. Globally, 59 species were reported by canton bearing 32 species in Pastaza, 16 in Mera and 56 in Santa Clara, depending on the ethnia of the producer 44 species used by half-breeds and 46 species used by Kichwas were reported. 33 botanical families was obtained, Solanaceae and Arecaceae the highest number of species reported, frequency analysis reports through contingency tables with respect to the canton and producer ethnia, presented significant differences in the value of P for Pearson Chi Square statistics and Chi square MV-G2. The proportion comparison analysis showed nine species, being the highlights: Musa sp Schott, Manihot esculenta Crantz L. and Colocasia esculenta (L.), which are the most reported. It concludes that there is diversity in the use of plants for human consumption, in which variability is influenced by the canton components and the producer ethnia

Palabras clave : food; Amazon; plant species; ethnicity.

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