Hunting and gathering in a Ghanaian rain forest community
- 1 April 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Ecology of Food and Nutrition
- Vol. 22 (3) , 225-243
- https://doi.org/10.1080/03670244.1989.9991071
Abstract
This paper examines the nature, contribution, and impact of the exploitation of forest resources on a rural food farming economy in Ghana. Hunting and gathering of food resources is shown to be an adaptive response to seasonal food supply cycles in the local community of Ayirebi, near Akyem Oda in southeastern Ghana. The implications of this study for national development planning are explored.Keywords
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