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Contribution of Wild Edible Fruits to Rural Peoples Income

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Wild edible fruits are very important worldwide, utilization of wild edible plant in different country depend upon ethnographic use. Edible wild fruits have high nutritional value, high level of carbohydrate, wild leaves consist of several minerals as well as essential amino acid, seeds of wild fruit contains calcium, phosphorus, and magnesium. Seeds also have a little quantity of essential amino acids. Edible wild fruit and leave they provide important source of food for people with either low or middle income other side they are also considered a source of income to improve the standard living conditions for rural communities. This study focused on nutritional value of different wild edible fruit, diversity and conservation, physiochemical properties, nutrition value, and economic value. Edible wild plant play important role in contribution in nutrition and economy value. The important of study creating awareness of the public and policy to promote and market.

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  1. Industrial Research & Consultancy Centre, Pharmaceutical Industries Section, Khartoum, Sudan

    Rania Mustafa Abdalrhman Ahmed

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    Abdalbasit Adam Mariod

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Ahmed, R.M.A. (2019). Contribution of Wild Edible Fruits to Rural Peoples Income. In: Mariod, A. (eds) Wild Fruits: Composition, Nutritional Value and Products. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-31885-7_7

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